Ponderfodder - News

Indian satellite captured by Moon

tigerincanada — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:51:51 -0500

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India is well on the way to joining the select group of nations to place a spacecraft on the moon.

Seabed archaeology goes virtual

Zinger — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:13:49 -0400

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People will soon be able to operate their own virtual submersibles to explore hidden treasures at de

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SciVee

Zinger — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:57:36 -0400

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A site for sharing and posting science related videos. Enjoy!

Science on a budget

Zinger — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:04:43 -0400

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Microscopes made from bamboo bring biology into focus

Cables to lay foundation for deep sea observatory

Zinger — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:03:49 -0400

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More than 900 kilometres of fibre-optic cable is about to become the backbone of the first real-time

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Radar reveals vast medieval Cambodian city: study

Zinger — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:16:10 -0400

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A medieval settlement surrounding Angkor, the one-time capital of the illustrious Khmer empire which

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Apollo mission archives now digitized and online

Zinger — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:46:29 -0400

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Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University's Space Exploration Resources are scanning and cre

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The downside of diversity

Zinger — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:07:51 -0400

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A Harvard professor's research suggests that diversity can 'bring out the turtle is all of us' and t

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Volunteers sought for 520-day Mars flight simulation

tigerincanada — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:16:44 -0400

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How good are you at staying sane? Does 520 days in a simulated Mars expedition module with five othe

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Sound and salt (video link)

Zinger — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:50:03 -0400

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Vibrations from pure tones make salt crystals form distinct patterns. Turn your volume down before v

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Modern Students Devour Old Math

Zinger — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:30:05 -0400

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Modern students are turning to math tricks found in Vedic texts to speed up their calculations. See

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Historian James R. Fleming urges caution about a quick technological fix to global warming

jcarman — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:28:06 -0400

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In the Spring issue of The Wilson Quarterly, historian James R. Fleming urges caution

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Private rocket rides into space

tigerincanada — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:18:26 -0400

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Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has lofted it's Falcon-1 rocket on t

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Draw your simulation

Zinger — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:40:49 -0500

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The white board like you've never seen it before - turn your sketches into real time design simulati

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Satelite radio the green way

tigerincanada — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:03:24 -0500

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The European Space Agency has developed a system which would allow television satelites to be reused

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Diabetes breakthrough?

Zinger — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:24:50 -0500

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Scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabete

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Lost knowledge regained: hessian crucibles explained

Zinger — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:30:33 -0500

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Researchers reveal that Hessian crucible makers made use of an advanced material only properly ident

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Hints of Star Trek: Power Gels

Zinger — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:09:31 -0500

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Scientists say Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) gels may one day be used to power miniature robots or other

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It's true - you can't always believe what you see

Moose — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:40:51 -0500

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The brain pathways for eye movement and perception operate independently, the researchers say.

Early sketch of Stonehenge found

Moose — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:04:53 -0500

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The earliest known sketch of Stonehenge found in a 15th century manuscript