- 2011
- Oct
- 20
Drilling Down: Rush to Drill for Gas Creates Mortgage Conflicts
George thought we should link to this feature by way of The New York Times. A selection follows:
Worried about property values, and landowners signing drilling leases without clearance, lenders are trying to reinforce restrictions.
- 2011
- Oct
- 16
NASA books 1st flight from New Mexico spaceport (AP)
Dorothy contributes this fresh submission presented at Yahoo!. The article begins:
AP - NASA has booked a charter suborbital flight from Virgin Galactic’s spaceport operations in southern New Mexico.
- 2011
- Oct
- 16
News Scans
Karen discovered a delightful piece of writing found on Scientific American. An excerpt follows:
Earth may have had a second, smaller moon that smacked into the larger one, which explains why one side of the moon is more rugged than the other.
Searching remote mountains in Borneo, scientists discover a group of brightly colored rainbow toads, a species last seen in 1924 and believed to be extinct.
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- 2011
- Oct
- 13
Astrophoto: Bristlecone Startrails by Dustin Kukuk
An Anonymous Reader contributes this recent submission from Universe Today. The article reads:
This amazing startrail image was shot by Dustin Kukuk in Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Forest, White Mountains, California during the Kessler “TimeFest 2011″ Timelapse meet up. “This photo is from a 400 frame astro timelapse that I merged together into 1 single frame, creating this amazing image of our night sky. Connect with Dustin through: […]
- 2011
- Oct
- 13
Iran has failed in its initial attempt to launch a monkey into space
Patricia sent us this fascinating feature highlighted on Digg. Here’s a taste:
The Islamic Republic’s burgeoning space program hit a snag as it fails to meet a self-set goal
