Re-Bicyclable the Plastic Bike

"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype...

Oil Prices Plummet When Ban on Drilling Was Lifted

I thought it was going to take ten years to see any change. Look, the market works this way (yes, even those mysterious "speculators" whom many say are the cause of this rise in oil prices): when the market thinks...

President Bush Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban, Crude Drops over $6.00 a Barrel

Update: July 18, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $128.88 a Barrel Update: July 17, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $130.73 a Barrel Update July 15, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $138.74 a Barrel Biggest drop in 17...

Voyager pictures reveal Solar System is egg-shaped

"The outer limits of the system of planets around our own Sun, where the influence of our local star ends, are being probed by the Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977 on a five year mission to study...

Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places

Japanese astronomers are looking for life in space. Let's hope they don't find King Ghidorah."Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space.The project, led by Japanese astronomers, will...

Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

" President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Congressional Democrats have opposed lifting the prohibitions on energy...

Tough Times For The T-Team Ten In West Allis :: The EDJE

" Graham Rahal as he slides against the outer wall about halfway through the The ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Indy 225 - The Milwaukee Mile :: West Allis, Wisconsin. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (The EDJE) 2008 Tough Times...

LAPAN successfully launches experimental rocket

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The National Aeronautics and Outer Space Institute (LAPAN) successfully launched a rocket embodying the last phase of a process to develop a rocket to put a satellite in orbit from Pameungpeuk, West Java, early last Monday, the institute said.Dubbed...

Vatican says aliens could exist

Just in case something is discovered." Vatican says aliens could exist By David...

Canada's Arctic Sovereignty: "Say It with TNT"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Race for Space saw Russia and the Americans pulling out all the stops to claim Space as their own.  Canada is doing the same in claiming the Arctic's...

Ghost hunting at The Old Mansfield Reformatory

Ghost hunting at the old Mansfield Reformatory is so popular that all dates for 2008 are almost sold out. The facility still holds the largest free standing cell block in the world at six tiers high.Built between...

NASA eyes dark energy, outer solar system missions

"The U.S. space agency is planning a mission to better understand a mysterious form of energy in the cosmos and an ambitious unmanned journey to the outer solar system, NASA officials said. NASA would initiate seven new science missions in fiscal year 2009 that starts Oct. 1...

Man's Death Linked to Cotton Swab Use

As an avid fan of q-tips (technically called cotton swabs), this was an especially disturbing story. A montreal man is dead after perforating his eardrum with a cotton swab, which caused an infection from his...

Virtual Laser Keyboard

"The Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) is the ULTIMATE new gudget for Blackberry, Smartphone and PDA owners or MAC & PC users! the VKB comes with an elegant leather jacket, making it the perfect addition to your collection (and just what you want to take out of your inner suit...

My Blog’s Odyssey in Outer Space

" I never wanted to open an art site on the web. As a visual artist, the conventional way to show my work is to open an exhibition in a gallery (Kibbuts Gallery), to invite friends family critics and...

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