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There is a very large hoax widely circulating the Internet. It originated in the summer of 2004, and it’s now rising up once more. This hoax comes in the form of an email titled “Mars Spectacular,” it originates from an unknown source. The Mars hoax email has been passed on to countless people who...
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On August 2, a military drone what was supposed to be remotely controlled lost contact with its operators. It wandered, or flew, into restricted airspace around the nation’s capital, the military has revealed. The drone was a helicopter style aircraft, an MQ-8B Fire Scout. It took off from Webster Field at the Patuxent River...
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In Cambridge, Massachusetts researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a robotic prototype that could autonomously navigate the surface of the ocean to collect surface oil and process it on site. This enables these robots to clean up oil quickly and efficiently. The system is called Seaswarm. It’s a fleet of vehicles...
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You probably have heard about it and maybe even experienced with it: Drinking water in order to lose weight. Now it is scientifically proven, as reported by discovery.com.The study was actually done some time ago, but only now gained broader publicity. The results of a recently done study showed, that participants who wanted to...
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A group of scientists, lead by Terry C. Hazen, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, published an article titled Deep-Sea Oil Plume Enriches Indigenous Oil-Degrading Bacteria in Science. The article describes the results of measurements by the scientists from samples taken from the underwater oil plume which resulted from the BP oil...
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In Cleveland, Ohio a new move is being undertaken to try to get the citizens recycle. Next year the city will roll out a high-tech collection system with new trash and recycling carts embedded with radio frequency identification chips (RFID) and bar codes. The chips will allow city workers to monitor how often residents...
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This coming week is the fifth “anniversary” of the costliest Hurricane in American History. It first struck South Florida, then it nearly destroyed New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd 2005, it dissipated on August 30th 2005. Hurricane Katrina will be remembered for a long time as one of the most devastating hurricanes...
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Foss Maritime Company, the builder and operator of the world’s first hybrid tugboat, will soon be adding another pioneering vessel to its Southern California fleet. They will be doing this will the help of an air quality grant obtained by the Port of Long Beach. Foss’ Carolyn Dorothy, their first hybrid tug, was launched...
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NASA’s got a new astronaut aboard their team. Robonaut 2, or R2 for short. Yes, you guessed it, a robot. Luckily, it’s not like the robots in the movie iRobot, where they turn evil and try to kill everyone, it’s very nice and it even uses a social network to talk with people all...
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On Saturday, at 7:19 A.M. a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck south of the Mariana Islands. This happened according to the U.S. Geological Survey. They did not give very much details about the earthquake itself. The Mariana Islands are an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. They are made up of two U.S. territories, Guam and...
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