Jan 30 2009

Scientists Rank Global Cooling Hacks

The clear winners, cost aside, are strategies that would block out some solar radiation. Perhaps the most currently workable version of this technique is injecting millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Jan 30 2009

Mars Spirit Rover is acting strangely

For some unknown reason, the rover has had on-and-off problems accessing its permanent memory and completing standard operations like driving around taking pictures of Mars.

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Jan 30 2009

You remember that woman that gave birth to octuplets?

She is a single mom and has 6 more at home including a set of twins. WTF

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Jan 30 2009

The six biggest mysteries of our solar system

Once upon a time, 4.6 billion years ago, something was brewing in an unremarkable backwater of the Milky Way.

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Jan 30 2009

Ducklings

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Jan 30 2009

First Top 10 List for Antidepressants

When someone swallows his or her first antidepressant, it may come as a surprise how the psychiatrist chose that particular pill to prescribe: It’s a best guess out of dozens of antidepressants on the market. Now, a few psychiatrists have set out to bring some order to this educated guessing game. By looking at 117 studies of the 12 most popular…

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Jan 30 2009

Latest ATI Linux Video Driver Introduces Full OpenGL 3.0 Sup

AMD has just announced a new and improved version of its ATI Catalyst Linux display driver, available for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. ATI Catalyst 9.1 introduces final and stable support for the Ubuntu 8.10 Linux operating system, full OpenGL 3.0 support, Hybrid CrossFire support and Multiview support.

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Jan 30 2009

A Expected, Google Chrome Growth Slows to a Crawl

Judging by the 1.0 release of Chrome in November and two minor updates that followed, uptake of Google’s browser appears to have lost steam. It’s as if Google lost its edge in the innovation arena.

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Jan 30 2009

Smashing Pumpkins to debut new song "FOL" this weekend at SB

Before this Sunday’s Super Bowl 43 kicks off, viewers will be treated to a new song by The Smashing Pumpkins in an ad for Hyundai’s new Genesis Coupe. The new song is titled “FOL” and has not been released in any format prior to be featured in this commercial.

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Jan 30 2009

50 Creative Designs Of 404 Error Pages [PICS]

This article presents 50 more examples of beautiful and original 404-error-designs. Some of them look beautiful but are not user-friendly; the other ones are user-friendly, but are not really beautiful. Please use these examples as a source of inspiration – hopefully, this showcase has something for everybody.

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