BigBang Collision Live

"An Australian physicist says a science experiment which begins in Switzerland today is a major milestone in the history of scientific discovery. Scientists have built a 27-kilometre long underground circular tunnel that houses the Large Hadron Collider, which will allow...

NASA beams Beatles` "Across the Universe" to aliens

"An intergalactic celebration of The Beatles is launched on Monday with the beaming of their peace anthem "Across the Universe" into outer space. The man behind the idea, which marks the 40th anniversary of the recording of the song in 1968, is an avid Beatles fan who has...

Al Qaeda Wages Electronic War against US Forces in Iraq

"In 2006, the Pentagon spent $1.4 bn to develop sophisticated counter measures for roadside bombs, which account for more US deaths in Iraq than any other weapon. They were designed to locate and detonate the improvised explosive devices IEDs from afar, before American...

Broken Arrow: How the US Army Broke in Iraq by Phillip Carter

"he U.S. Army broke in the 1970s in the wake of the Vietnam War and the end of the draft. But if you ask officers who served during that period, few will recall the sounds of creaking planks, snapping beams, or rupturing buildings as the institution disintegrated. Instead,...

Massive Michael Jackson Robot

You would think that floating giant statues of yourself down the River Thames is the height of hubris. You'd be wrong.  Introducing this article, I must point out that no metal has yet been shaped nor circuits built for this robostrosity as of now, but it is planned as...

How to check if your photo camera can take infrared photos

"How to test your camera for IR capability: check if it can see beams emitted from a common infrared remote control"

Wallaby 'waiting to cross village road'

"A MOTORIST was caught on the hop when he spotted a wallaby beside a Northamptonshire country road. The man, who asked not to be named, was driving on a road near Maidford, a village close to Towcester, when he saw a pair of eyes. Thinking he had spotted a fox, the driver...

Freedom Tower takes root with steel beams and iron will

"NEW YORK (AP) -- Two 25-ton steel columns -- one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it -- rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in the prolonged effort to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center. As...

10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007

"Bendable Concrete The nickname for Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) is self-explanatory: bendable concrete. Specially coated microscopic polymer fibers slide past each other instead of snapping under stress, so ECC bends without breaking. The material has been used...

Inflatable spacecraft beams back images (AP)

" LOS ANGELES - An unmanned, inflatable spacecraft launched by a Las Vegas real estate mogul has beamed back the first images since it slipped into orbit and expanded itself. Genesis I sent back several photos Thursday taken by its dozen cameras showing sections of the...