NASA astronauts, spacewalking outside the International Space Station, have just finished installing what's likely to be the best viewing platform ever: A multi-windowed observation deck that offers Earth views from low Earth orbit. ...READ»
Yesterday we reported that Google its competitors may be grappling to become leaders in hyper-local mapping. Google's approach: ditching map-data provider Tele-Atlas for its own super-detailed map data, some of which, the company ...READ»
New Scientist provides us with this handy graph to show how long the materials we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy will last. I promise it will erase every fleeting thought you ever had about the pointlessness of ...READ»
Senators John McCain and Hilary Clinton are among many in Congress
clamoring for a gas tax “holiday” as fuel prices rise and the summer driving
season fast approaches. Never mind that they focus entirely on poor consumers
and ...READ»
Imagine a system that has been conducting research and design not for tens, hundreds or even thousands, but billions of years. What if you took these time-tested principles, and applied them to other systems? From a systems ...READ»
