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Q&A: Former SpaceX Executive on Historic Launch
Share Tweet This is part of a series of Wired Q&As with spaceflight experts leading up to SpaceX’s launch. You can read previous interviews here. We may be at the dawn of a new, private era in space. On [...]
5-18, 2012 7:40
Bionics (II): I think I’d like some coffee
Share Tweet HELPING yourself to a cup of coffee may seem like a small, everyday thing. But not if you are quadriplegic. Unlike paraplegics, for whom the robotic legs described in the previous article are being developed, quadriplegics have [...]
5-18, 2012 6:52
Slow-Mo Microbes Still Living off Dino-era “Lunch Box”
Share Tweet Buried for 86 million years, a bacterial community lives so sluggishly it’s still surviving on a “lunch box” from dino days, a new study says. National Geographic News [...]
5-18, 2012 6:06
Approaching Asteroid May Get Close Enough to Smash Satellites
Share Tweet The newfound space rock 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth in February that it could hit a communications satellite, scientists say. National Geographic News [...]
5-18, 2012 5:19
Hot Weather Leads to ‘Yucky’ Maple Syrup
Share Tweet The record high temperatures in March resulted in maple syrup that one syrup distributor refers to as simply “yucky,” and total syrup output in the US fell as much as 40%, Reuters reports. “It was kind of [...]
5-18, 2012 3:46
Mobile App and API Developer
Share Tweet Mobile App and API Developer (WhitePages) – Seattle Company Description We've been profitable since our incorporation in 2000, and now we're a top 30 website getting millions of unique customers each month and billions of page views. [...]
5-18, 2012 3:46
“Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Coming Sunday
Share Tweet A “time traveling” solar eclipse will soon turn the sun into a ring of fire for sky-watchers in parts of Asia and the U.S. West. National Geographic News [...]
5-18, 2012 2:13
Bionics (I): A mind to walk again
Share Tweet ANYONE who saw Claire Lomas complete this year’s London marathon on May 7th cannot fail to have been impressed by her grit and determination. Ms Lomas, once a show jumper, was paralysed from the chest down by [...]
5-18, 2012 0:41
Pet food recall (canned & foil pouches)
Share Tweet Pet food recall (canned & foil pouches) (Screen grab from www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html.) If you want to re-use this image to help get the word out to other pet owners, please feel free. This news is also being discussed [...]
5-17, 2012 23:53
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