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e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:29:00 +0000

e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right: "It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.

A brainpower consortium led by Laurent Lellouch of France's Centre for Theoretical Physics, using some of the world's mightiest supercomputers, have set down the calculations for estimating the mass of protons and neutrons, the particles at the nucleus of atoms."

Work Day

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:09:00 +0000

Why the universe may be teeming with aliens

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:07:00 +0000

Why the universe may be teeming with aliens: "Rocky planet outside of our solar system. Must not be too hot or too cold, but just the right temperature to support life.

It sounds like a simple enough wish list, but finding a planet that fulfils all of these criteria has kept astronomers busy for decades. Until recently, it meant finding a planet in the 'Goldilocks zone' - orbiting its star at just the right distance to keep surface water liquid rather than being boiled off or frozen solid."

Fanboys

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:45:00 +0000

“Fanboys” is a film that takes place 1998 where three friends, who can’t wait for the release of “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace”, attempt to break into George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch to steal an advance print of the film since one of them is dying from cancer and wants to see it before he dies. The film is directed by Kyle Newman with a release date of February 6th, 2009.

Create HDR photos: Online, Free, Right Now!

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:50:00 +0000

Create HDR photos: Online, Free, Right Now!: "HDR images show greater range of tonal detail, than your camera could capture. This site emulates HDR effect so you can play with it with no Photoshop or other software. You can enhance some pictures really well and produce stunning results."

Astronaut on space-walk loses $100,000 tool bag

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:00 +0000

Astronaut on space-walk loses $100,000 tool bag: "'Umm, we have a lost tool,' came the heralding cry of Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper who, while cleaning and lubing a joint on a wing of one of the station's solar panels, let a tool bag drift away just beyond her reach. The mission was able to be salvaged, however, as fellow spacewalk astronaut Stephen Bowen shared his tools with Stefanyshyn-Piper to complete their work in 7 hours."

The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:47:00 +0000

The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths: "Kids, like adults, love it when bad things happen to bad people. So Disney movies always make sure the villain gets what they've got coming to them in the end.

And, sometimes, Disney gives them what they had coming, and then way, way more. Here are seven Disney villains who got dispatched in (sometimes literally) gut-wrenching ways sure to keep the kiddies up for many nights."

Margay - The Tiger Cat

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:00 +0000

Margay - The Tiger Cat : "The Margay is a solitary wildcat with some very unique characteristics. Its look alone make it stand-out although it is very solitary people rarely have the chance to see it. The Margay is one of the few animals in the world that can climb trees with their heads facing down, thanks to their very special joints, able to turn up to 180 degrees.

The Margay is on the endangered animals list, but no one really knows how large their population really is between Mexico and Argentina.Margays don’t take well to humans invading their habitats and sacientists say they are so well adapted to life in trees that they can go their entire lives without touching the ground."

Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:21:00 +0000

Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station: "'A spider that had been sent to the International Space Station for a school science program was lost. The arachnid was sent in order to know if spiders can survive and makes webs in space, but now only one spider can be seen in the container. NASA isn't sure where the spider could have gone. I for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords.'"

The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:03:00 +0000

The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

Nissan Brings Japanese Minicars to the U.S.

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Nissan Brings Japanese Minicars to the U.S.: "The first box opened at the Los Angeles Auto Show Wednesday contained another box — Nissan's funky little Cube city car.

The Cube looks looks like a big marshmallow and brings Japan's love of small cars to America, where the 30-plus-mpg wonder rolls into showrooms next fall. As the name implies, the Cube is nothing more than a box on wheels that Nissan design chief Shiro Nakamura called 'clever, witty and fun, with a unique blend of fashion and function.'"

PuppyCam!

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Live TV by Ustream

5 tech predictions from 1968 that were dead-on (and 5 that were completely nuts)

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:24:00 +0000

5 tech predictions from 1968 that were dead-on (and 5 that were completely nuts): "40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 — today. His piece for a 1968 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, '40 Years in the Future,' made some impressive guesses, from flat-screen televisions to video conferencing. He also made a few understandable missteps: pollution-free air in cities, house paint that's always pristine, and — pardon me, ladies — the idea that women would still do little more than use a computer to plan recipes."

Chicken Police

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:00 +0000

19 High-Scoring Old-School Arcade Games

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:09:00 +0000

With titles like ''Fallout 3,'' ''Mirror's Edge,'' and ''Gears of War 2'' redefining the cutting edge, we still smile when we remember the simple pleasures of the coin-op games that made us go ape back in the day. Here's a collection of 19 arcade classics to take you on a trip down memory lane.

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100 most beautiful places in the world - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:10:00 +0000

The 100 most beautiful places in the world - Part 1

1800s Vampire Killing Kit Nabs $14,850 At Auction

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:01:00 +0000

1800s Vampire Killing Kit Nabs $14,850 Auction: "A complete and authentic vampire killing kit — made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a American walnut case with a carved cross on top — attained $14,850 in the Jimmy Pippen estate sale by Stevens October 3–4 in the new Natchez Convention Center."

Scientists rediscover pocket-sized primate

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:00 +0000

Scientists rediscover pocket-sized primate: "t looks like a tangerine-sized cross between a furry Furby and a gremlin, and hadn't been seen alive since the 1920s. But the pygmy tarsier has made an unlikely comeback.

Scientists believed these tiny primates, weighing less than two ounces, were extinct until researchers recently found some in the mountaintop forests of Indonesia."

Smart Girls Have More Fun

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:12:00 +0000

100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:02:00 +0000

100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures: "Even if you can’t attend an Ivy League college, you can still take advantage of the intellectual and professional resources that many have to offer through the colleges’ websites. Here, we’ve put together a list of 100 great video lectures you can watch to learn from some of the leading experts in fields as diverse as astronomy and economics."

NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:58:00 +0000

NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken.

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10 of the World's Weirdest, Craziest and Most Useful Robots

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:43:00 +0000

10 of the World's Weirdest, Craziest and Most Useful Robots : "We live in the future. With robots and machines doing all sorts of things that used to require the human touch, we’re living out the dreams of our sci-fi-dreamer parents and grandparents. Robotics are so pervasive in our everyday lives that we often don’t even notice when an awesome new piece of technology is unveiled. These robots are some of the weirdest, most clever and helpful to come along recently."

Peek e-mail device adds text messaging and more

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Peek e-mail device adds text messaging and more: "Good news for Peek owners, as the previously e-mail-only service has been upgraded to handle text messaging with the greatest of ease. You’ll simply need to enter your Peek-less friends’ ten digit cell phone numbers (you have those all memorized, right?) into the TO: field of an e-mail message and they’ll receive whatever you type in the body as a text message. Messages sent back to you will show up in your inbox."

Pet Hippo Lives in a House

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:14:00 +0000

Amazing Mimic Octopus Camouflage

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:13:00 +0000