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15 years since NASA launch ISS

21/11/2013 15:24

Todays marks 15 years since the launch of the International Space Station! So it seems like a good day to remind you of National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA's "spot the station" outreach program. If you sign up on their website they'll send you a text or email every time the ISS is...

SeaOrbiter Construction Slated for 2014

15/11/2013 09:05

Once dubbed a pipe dream, a massive oceanic research vessel designed by French architect Jacques Rougerie, is set to begin construction sometime during 2014. Standing 51 meter (170ft) tall Sea Orbiter is a partially submerged oceanic research vessel that will help uncover the mysteries of our...

Cheap Ink-Jet Printed Circuitry

15/11/2013 08:56

Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a new technique that’ll allow nearly anyone to create circuitry using a desktop printer. The project, which was initially a in the hands of the University of Tokyo and with Microsoft Research, uses a desktop printer to laydown conductive circuit wiring on...

The First Aliens We Discover May Be Purple

15/11/2013 08:53

In our quest to discover strange new life on strange new worlds, a group of astronomers has modeled potential alien worlds using Earth’s biological history as a framework. From this they have determined that if we are to detect extraterrestrial biology, we should fine-tune our search to the...

The Most Extreme Weather In the Solar System

13/11/2013 14:29

“Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars…” Spoiler alert: the weather Earth is far nicer than on any other planet in our solar system. Sure, you might have to carry an umbrella sometimes and the bottoms of your pants get all wet, and...

UK's role in world's largest radio telescope revealed

13/11/2013 09:19

The UK is to design a computer system that can handle data over 60 times faster than the entire internet for the world’s largest radio telescope. British engineers will also design the systems to control and connect the quarter of a million of antennas spread...

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