By Tobias S. Buckell Via addkerberos I'd originally posted this video using a new narrator, but after receiving dozens of requests for Carl Sagan's original voice-over, I revised the edit. To th... Via Sakis Koukouvis 
I was aware of many of the modern mind-boggling theories of physics, ranging from parallel universes to relativity and string theory. But I also became especially intrigued about discoveries that date back many centuries. Via Sakis Koukouvis How symbolic language drives collective learning and how this is one of the truly differentiating aspects of human beings relative to the rest of the animal ... Via Sakis Koukouvis I'd originally posted this video using a new narrator, but after receiving dozens of requests for Carl Sagan's original voice-over, I revised the edit. To th... Via Sakis Koukouvis 
SpaceX is eyeing Puerto Rico, Texas, Hawaii, or Florida to be home of a new commercial launch facility for its Falcon rocket family, the company's founder and chief executive tells Spaceflight Now.
The site would handle commercial missions, while flights for federal government customers could continue to be based from Cape Canaveral, Fla., or Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Via Stratocumulus 
Japan's Akatsuki probe completed a three-part series of course correction maneuvers Monday, lining up the spacecraft for a second chance to reach Venus in late 2015 after an engine failure curbed plans to orbit the sweltering, cloud-covered planet one year ago. Via Rene Nieuwenhuizen 
Neanderthal interbreeding with early modern humans may have caused Neanderthal extinction, according to new research Thursday. Via Heather Carmichael Scoville 
The electric car was just as popular as its gasoline counterpart when it first went into production around the turn of the 20th century. But with the advent of highways, people wanted to go farther than their battery life allowed. Via Sakis Koukouvis 
"Shine on, Ruby mountain, from the valley to the sea. Shine on, Ruby mountain, shine your sweet love down on me" -Kenny Rogers, Shine On, Ruby Mountain Via Fred 
"Justin Lichter and Shawn Forry set off to hike the length of the Himalayas from the easternmost 8,000 meter peak in the world, Kanchenjunga, to the westernmost 8,000 meter peak, Nanga Parbat." Via Fred
"Justin Lichter and Shawn Forry set off to hike the length of the Himalayas from the easternmost 8,000 meter peak in the world, Kanchenjunga, to the westernmost 8,000 meter peak, Nanga Parbat." Via Fred |
From the Boing Boing Shop: a T-shirt depicting an At-At Walker wearing a cone of humiliation. Via Luca Baptista 
Wind and solar power plants are awesome, cost-effective, infinite-until-the-Sun-burns-out solutions -- but when the sun goes in, or the wind dies down, you need a backup power source. Via Sakis Koukouvis 
Last week at the Royal Society in London, research was presented suggesting that Neandertals not only interbred with H. sapiens sapiens, but that their genes were helpful to modern people moving out of Africa. Via ramblejamble, Sakis Koukouvis 
Holograms are one of the final frontiers of technology that we were promised by science fiction movies and books that has yet to really arrive in a big way. There have been some forays ... Via Sakis Koukouvis 
Neuroarchaeology is an important part of my future project that I am trying to outline. Part of that project will deal with Maya iconography from a non-representational perspective. Maya iconograph... Via Sakis Koukouvis 
The Rise of the Intelligent MachineHuffington Post UK (blog)This weekend in New York City, the Singularity Institute organised the 2011 Singularity Summit, an international gathering of scientist and futurologists. Via olsen jay nelson 
This is just a really simple and quick tutorial showing you how I 'age' my photographs digitally, whether it's just to give them more of an ethereal quality or to add a new dimension to the photogr... Via Helen Stead 
A skywatcher and amateur astronomer took this stunning photo of the Northern Lights from northern Canada. Via planetMitch 
A lot of publicly funded research is often called "basic." It may seem useless to some, but can lead to great payoffs in the future. 
To shield themselves from oil price gyrations, airlines are experimenting with fuels that incorporate ingredients like used fryer oil and algae. Via Sakis Koukouvis |
