Lectures On the Frontiers of Physics Online modernphysics writes "The Outreach Department at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics offers a wide array of online lecture playbacks examining hot topics in modern physics and beyond.

Category :Technology | 2 views | read more | 2008-05-13 07:14:00

Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0 AgentPaper writes "Three years ago we discussed an open source brewing project in which a Danish brewer made his beer recipes available for public consumption and alteration. The concept has taken off

Category :Technology | 4 views | read more | 2008-05-13 04:56:00

Seeking Signs of Ancient Martian Life StonyandCher writes in about a collaboration between NASA and a leading Australian exploration and mining scientist, Dr. Brent McInnes, to search for signs of ancient life on Mars. The plan is to deve

Category :Technology | 2 views | read more | 2008-05-13 02:35:00

Earthquake In China Several readers sent in links on the earthquake that hit 10 hours ago near the Sichuan city of Chengdu in China. The Telegraph focuses on the citizen journalism that got word on the quake out on the N

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-13 00:14:00

"Understanding" Search Engine Enters Public Beta religious freak sends word of the public beta of Powerset, a closely watched San Francisco startup that promises an "understanding engine" to revolutionize Web search. An article in SearchEngineLand p

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-12 21:53:00

Using Microwaves To Cook Ballast Stowaways Smivs writes "US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels. Tests showed that a continuous micro

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-05-12 20:29:00

A Walk Through the Hard Drive Recovery Process Fields writes "It's well known that failed hard drives can be recovered, but few people actually use a recovery service because they're expensive and not always successful. Even fewer people ever get

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-12 19:02:00

NASA Does a U-Turn, Opens To Private Industry mattnyc99 writes "Popular Mechanics is reporting that NASA — faced with the looming retirement of the space shuttle, and planning for longer missions like the one to Mars we've been discussing &

Category :Technology | 4 views | read more | 2008-05-12 18:23:00

Becoming Social Posted by Mussie Shore, Product ManagerWondering how to make your site more social? We'd like to make it easier for you, which is why earlier tonight at Campfire One at the Googleplex, we announced a

Category :Search Engines | 1 views | read more | 2008-05-12 18:09:00

Brad Neuberg, Google Gears, and the Future of the Web Linux.com has an interesting look at Google Gears and one of its leading evangelists, Brad Neuberg. "For Neuberg -- as for most developers -- the idea of expanding the Web's capabilities is intriguing

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-05-12 17:41:00