Rarely since a Catholic inquisition in Rome condemned Galileo Galilei to spend the remainder of his days under house arrest for the heresy of teaching that the Earth revolves around the sun, has an Italian court been so wrong about science. Today, a court in the...
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Google Data Centers — Photos and Comments
Very cool photo tour of some of the stuff behind the scenes at Google data centers.
Dark Energy Camera — Science Rocks!!
The highest-resolution camera ever built has begun its quest to pin down the mysterious stuff that makes up nearly three-quarters of our Universe. The Dark Energy Survey's 570-million-pixel camera will scan some 300 million galaxies in the coming five years. via BBC...
‘Warp drive’ May be Feasible
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television's Star Trek — may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say. ... Now physicists say that adjustments can be made to the proposed warp drive that would enable it to run...