Six Tricks That Alien Trackers Could Use
Feb 27, 2010 Space
So far, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on listening for radio signals deliberately sent our way. But even if alien civilisations are not trying to get our attention, their activities could produce detectable signs. Here are a few things we might detect, most of which are discussed in a recent paper by Richard Carrigan.
NASA Breaks Ground on New Deep Space Network Antennas
Feb 27, 2010 Space
NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, Feb. 24, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep Space Network communications.
Which Stars Support Intelligent Life?
Feb 27, 2010 Space
Featuring Ken Croswell, astronomer and author of The Lives of Stars and Magnificent Universe.
Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars
Feb 27, 2010 Space
A journey from Earth to Mars could soon take just 39 days — cutting current travel time nearly six times — according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
Super Non-Stick Surfaces possible w/nanotechnology bubbles
Feb 27, 2010 Science
The first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from wetting a super non-stick surface could lead to new super-slick materials with applications in energy, medicine, and more, materials science, nanotechnology. and the non-stick material the scientists created by “pock-marking” a smooth material with cavities measuring mere billionths
Quantum Measurement Precision Approaches Heisenberg Limit
Feb 27, 2010 Science
In the classical world, scientists can make measurements with a degree of accuracy that is restricted only by technical limitations. At the fundamental level, however, measurement precision is limited by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. But even reaching a precision close to the …
Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ
Feb 27, 2010 Science
Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.
Mechanical devices stamped on plastic
Feb 27, 2010 Science
Microelectromechanical devices gave us the Wii and the digital movie projector. MIT researchers have found a new way to make them.
What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate Theory R
Feb 27, 2010 Science
SAN DIEGO — One way to get noticed as a scientist is to tackle a really difficult problem. Physicist Sean Carroll has become a bit of a rock star in geek circles by attempting to answer an age-old question no scientist has been able to fully explain: What is time?
How to make a USB mini fridge
Feb 27, 2010 Science
Keep your beer on ice even when the gaming gets hot