Archive for May, 2012
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule prepares to return to Earth after space station visit
The world’s first commercial supply ship is closed up and ready for a Thursday flight back to Earth from the International Space Station.
US grants Virgin Galactic experimental permit for space tourism
Virgin Galactic says it expects to make rocket-powered test flights of its passenger spaceship later this year.
Powerful ‘Flame’ cyberweapon tied to popular Angry Birds game
The most sophisticated and powerful cyberweapon uncovered to date was written in the LUA computer language, cyber security experts tell Fox News — the same one used to make the incredibly popular Angry Birds game.
‘Apple devices are ‘beautiful crystal prisons,’ privacy experts warn
Apple makes use of a number of open source technologies in its software products, but operating systems like iOS and OS X are hardly considered “open,” according to digital freedom fighters at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Lead may strike gold with new science lab
Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.
Nature’s Oddities: The strangest creatures on Earth
From double-eared cats to orange and blue lobsters to — really! — pink hippos, the wide range of variation in nature is astounding. Here’s the oddest Mother Nature has.
Rare striped rabbit caught on camera
An elusive striped rabbit that has rarely been photographed has been caught on film deep in the forests of Sumatra, thanks to camera traps set up in an isolated mountain region of the Indonesian island.
SpaceX signs contract to launch world’s most powerful rocket
SpaceX signed the first commercial contract to launch the world’s most powerful rocket. The Falcon Heavy will launch a communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit for satellite services company Intelsat, the company said.
Google and Samsung debut new Chromebook
With their limited functionality and dependence on a reliable web connection, Chromebooks have been a hard sell to even the geekiest of early adopters. Yet Samsung plans to give it another go.
Two small asteroids buzz Earth in one-two punch
Two small asteroids zipped close by Earth in back-to-back flybys of the planet Monday (May 28) and Tuesday. While both space rocks came well within the moon’s orbit, they posed no danger to our planet, NASA scientists say.