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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Cosmic Log: Will space tourists fly next year?

November 30, 2010 – 11:52 pm

Virgin Galactic's billionaire founder says "we're about 12 months away" from flying paying passengers to the edge of outer space. But there are huge hurdles between now and then,Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder says “we’re about 12 months away” from flying paying passengers to the edge of outer space. But there are huge hurdles between now and then,

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Boomerang-shaped galaxy discovered

November 30, 2010 – 11:15 pm

Astronomers have detected a strange, boomerang-shaped galaxy that reveals new details about the gas "filaments" connecting massive galaxy clusters. In this diagram, galaxies in a giant cluster are seen as dots. The hot gas filling the cluster and filament is shown in purple. The odd, bent galaxy is shown in the inset. Astronomers have discovered an oddly bent galaxy that may help shed new light on how the most massive structures in the universe form and evolve.

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Kinect sex — what’s the hold up?

November 30, 2010 – 11:14 pm

How long until someone makes a sex game with Microsoft's body-tracking gadget?Go on. Admit it. If you own a Kinect, you’ve been wondering this very thing: How long until someone makes a sex game with Microsoft’s body-tracking gadget?

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Physicists replicate a supernova in laboratory

November 30, 2010 – 10:29 pm

This composite image of the Tycho supernova remnant combines infrared and X-ray observations obtained with NASA's Spitzer and Chandra space observatories, respectively, and the Calar Alto observatory, Spain. It shows the scene more than four centuries after the brilliant star explosion witnessed by Tycho Brahe and other astronomers of that era. What does it take to replicate a supernova in a laboratory? A test tube, water, glycerol and a miniature mushroom cloud, according to work done by university physicists.  Sure, it’s a tabletop analogue of the process, but it could still tell scientists a great deal about how supernovae form — particularly that initial explosion.

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Usefulness of robotic X-37B space plane questioned

November 30, 2010 – 10:00 pm

An artist's illustration of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B in space. New observations of the Air Force’s secretive unmanned X-37B space plane have put the spacecraft’s classified mission back in the limelight. Some experts have already gone on record questioning whether a robotic space plane is even needed.

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Advice to astronauts: Eat more fish

November 30, 2010 – 9:47 pm

Whether a diet rich in fish can help mitigate bone loss for the terrestrial-bound has not been determined.Nutritionists have some advice for astronauts worried about bone loss: Eat more fish — and while you’re at it, skip the salt.

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WikiLeaks says it’s under powerful cyberattack

November 30, 2010 – 9:24 pm

The WikiLeaks website says it’s under a forceful Internet-based attack, and the site is inaccessible to users in U.S. and Europe.

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Capital Tool Company partners with The Bunker to provide secure hosting for awar

November 30, 2010 – 8:17 pm

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, provider of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services, has announced that Capital Tool Company has chosen The Bunker to provide secure hosting for the web based receivable management and finance platform TREFI.

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Game away those holiday pounds

November 30, 2010 – 7:00 pm

Playing "EA Sports Active 2" — a game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii — is an excellent way to burn off holiday pounds in the privacy of your own home.Feeling the weight of those holiday pounds? If pumping iron at the gym isn’t exactly your speed, consider turning on a video game console to burn away the calories instead.

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Phone buyer beware: 4G may not be for you

November 30, 2010 – 6:58 pm

This screenshot from Sprint's 4G marketing campaign shows videos of the things you can do with the carrier's 4G network, including stream HD videos over the air.One day, we’ll all have phones that pull data from networks that are labeled “4G.” But right now, there are plenty of reasons you may want to avoid it.

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