The 14 Challenges Facing Humanity
Fourteen challenges were announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston last week. Make solar energy affordable Provide energy from fusion Develop...
View ArticleNevada Solar One Power Station, 64 Megawatt Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Mirror concentrate the light of the sun about 80 times, heating a fluid oil to about 700
View ArticleToday: 9:09 on 09/09/09 and More Stuff About the Number Nine
Today around the world it has been or will be 9:09 on 09/09/09 — twice A.M and P.M. Spooky? September 9, 2009 also happens to be the 252nd day of the year (2 + 5 +2 = 9). Attention Numerologists: 09:09...
View ArticleSpacecraft Probe ‘Juno’ Begins 5-Year Journey to Jupiter
NASA has launched a robotic explorer to Jupiter at 12:25 EDT on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft, named Juno, blasted off aboard an unmanned rocket Friday from Cape Canaveral. It will take Juno five...
View ArticleRaw Video: Mt. Kilauea Erupts in Hawaii
Scientists say a new lava flow has broken out at Mt. Kilauea, a Hawaiian volcano that has been continuously erupting for nearly three decades. Kīlauea, on the island of Hawaii, is one of the most...
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VIDEO: Launch of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
The world’s biggest extraterrestrial explorer is on its way to Mars. NASA on Saturday launched the six-wheeled, one-armed robotic rover, nicknamed Curiosity. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)...
View ArticleYouTube Space Lab Education Initiative Lifts Off with Lenovo Sponsor
Extraordinary Partnership with Space Adventures and World Renowned Space Agencies Ignites Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures...
View Article“Mythbuster’ Hosts Check Out the Damage from Their Misfired Cannonball in...
The stars of the TV show ‘Mythbusters’ visit a California neighborhood to survey the damage after one of their experiments went bad. A cannonball missed its target and careened into homes, knocking...
View ArticleMULTIPLE VIDEOS: Arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery in Washington D.C./Dulles
The space shuttle Discovery makes one final flight, on top of a Boeing 747, flying low and slow over much of Washington, D.C. The sight drew masses of people looking to the skies at places like the...
View ArticleDARPA Cheetah Robot Faster Than Usain Bolt by Almost 2 MPH
DARPA four-legged robot clocks it at 29.3 mph. DARPA’s Cheetah robot—already the fastest legged robot in history—just broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour (mph). In the process,...
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Red Bull Stratos: Supersonic Freefall by Parachutist Felix Baumgartner...
CGI Graphic simulation of Supersonic Freefall. Red Bull mission control reports they’re on a weather hold due to winds at 700ft – the top of our giant balloon. Next update expected soon. Launch not...
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LIFTOFF for Red Bull Stratos Skydiver Felix Baumgartner 20+ Mile Jump Over...
2.5 Hours Up; Excerpts of the mission Sunday when Fearless Felix Baumgartner jumped from the platform of a space capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth. The entire...
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LIVE VIDEO STREAM (Concluded): Live Webcast of Red Bull Stratos Mission...
Up 2.5 Hours; Down 13:30 (3:30 minutes freefall and 10:00 minutes controlled parachute descent). Excerpts of the mission Sunday when Fearless Felix Baumgartner jumped from the platform of a space...
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Record Broken for Manned Balloon Flight by Felix Baumgartner During Red Bull...
Felix Baumgartner broke the record for manned space flight in a balloon at about 123,000 feet and still climbing. At about 127,000 feet Felix Baumgartner prepared for egress from the capsule. Prior to...
View ArticleAwesome Chuck Yaeger and Awesome Fearless Felix Baumgartner Break the Sound...
The first pilot to break the sound barrier in an aircraft did it again on Sunday. General Chuck Yeager flew faster than the speed of sound, exactly 65 years after his historic flight. Sixty-five years...
View ArticleA Greater Challenge to Gun Laws: New Technologies, Like 3D Printing
Cody Wilson, a University of Texas Law Student, talks about the capability to make a gun with a 3D printer, even though it is not legal to make a complete gun. A stranger twist in the national...
View ArticleGravityLight: Lift a Weight and Create Light
GravityLight: lighting for the developing countries from Therefore on Vimeo. GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift...
View ArticlePanoramic View of Volcano Plosky Tolbachik, Kamchatka, Russia from AirPano
Video of arrival of erupting volcanos in Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. Recently Russian photographers landed in a helicopter on a dangerous trip to get images of volcanoes erupting...
View ArticleThe Muon G-2 Superconducting Electromagnet Journey and Its Arrival at Fermi...
A giant magnet that was transported fromNew York to Illinois was 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. The Muon g-2...
View ArticleDesigning Future Batteries at Joint Center for Energy Storage Research Near...
Battery experts at Argonne National Laboratory give CBSNews.com their take on the future of energy storage. CBS News Alexander Trowbridge reports. Lithium ion batteries currently dominate the...
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