Science!
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and scientist. “She’s not the greatest actress, but it’s really difficult to think why that matters at all.” Hubba hubba. 00
We’re All Gonna Die!
Just when you thought you had enough to worry about… Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming A giant sunspot that’s at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA. — According to a news release, scientists from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20. … Continue reading
Wow
The north pole of Saturn, courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft: Our Earth is about the size of a marble held up to this. Awesome. via IO9 00
The last, best hope for humanity…
A nifty article on space warfare linked by Instapundit, in which my old favorite Babylon 5 gets some props. Though dated, that show had some of the best science-fiction writing ever featured on television. Though it was a a struggle (I’m sure my kids remember me trying to track down episodes when it only came … Continue reading
Skynet draws closer
Via IO9, a DARPA robot has set a new robotic land speed record From the comments: “Dammit! I’m gonna need a chain gun.” 00
Beam me up, Scotty?
Well, no. But instant communication over interstellar distances? That may be in the cards after all- no more 20 minute time lag in talking to Mars, for example. From ZDNet- This month, two major studies on quantum teleportation have made it through peer review and been published, breaking previous distance records. Chinese scientists report teleporting photons … Continue reading
