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Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tracked the Heavens ( Preview )
Ancient Greeks knew how to calculate the recurring patterns of lunar eclipses thanks to observations made for centuries by the Babylonians. The Antikythera mechanism would have done those calculations… more →
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Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tracked the Heavens ( Preview )
thewere42 wrote 52 minutes ago: Ancient Greeks knew how to calculate the recurring patterns of lunar eclipses thanks to observations … more →
Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money
thewere42 wrote 2 hours ago: Hospital computer systems are often built for administrators, not doctors By Lucas Mearian A Harvard … more →
24-Carat Gold 'Snowflakes' Improve Graphene's Electrical Properties
thewere42 wrote 1 day ago: The above image shows the way in which snowflake-shaped gold nanostars cluster on a graphene sheet. … more →
3-D Renderings Bring Ancient Hominids to Life
thewere42 wrote 3 days ago: By Brandon Keim For decades, paleoartists have told the story of human evolution through sculpture a … more →
Rainbow trapped for the first time
thewere42 wrote 3 days ago: Capturing light (Image: Tom and Steve/Flckr/Getty) by Jeff Hecht Oh, to catch a rainbow. Well, it … more →
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
thewere42 wrote 3 days ago: Southern elephant seals were fitted with GPS collars to help provide data for the new atlas. (Credit … more →
Music library disaster? How to rip songs from your iPod
thewere42 wrote 5 days ago: Admit it: you or someone you know has had at least one disaster in which you have lost your entire m … more →
Wired Science News for Your Neurons Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing
thewere42 wrote 5 days ago: By Alexis Madrigal A defendant’s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be t … more →
Polymer With Honeycomb Structure: Scientists Synthesize Graphene-Like Material
thewere42 wrote 5 days ago: Scanning tunneling microscope image of the two-dimensional porous polymer (left side of image) with … more →
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: by Stephen Shankland Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Interne … more →
Practical Nanotube Electronics
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: Nanotube array: This photo shows a three-inch silicon wafer covered with an array of carbon-nanotube … more →
Explaining the Air Traffic Breakdown
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: It wasn’t the fault of a creaky old radar system, but of high-tech flight-monitoring computers … more →
Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: Photo: Joe Pugliese By Evan Ratliff Officially it will be another 24 hours before the manhunt begins … more →
Neptune's Trident case mod honors the god of liquid cooling
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: By Tim Stevens What do you do if your Battlestar Galactica case mod has conquered Earth and space wi … more →
Intel Core i9 Benched: Six Cores of Pure Joy
thewere42 wrote 6 days ago: On paper, the Core i9 might not sound that exciting: It’s a lot like the Core i7, except built … more →
Vista Annoyance
edhartshorn wrote 1 week ago: In general I have liked Windows Vista. It gave me new tools and options (“toys”) to pla … more →
E-tailers snagged in marketing 'scam' blame customers
thewere42 wrote 1 week ago: by Greg Sandoval Mark Goldston, chairman and CEO of United Online, parent company of Classmates.com, … more →
Cloud computing: Which IT projects are right for the cloud?
thewere42 wrote 1 week ago: Some IT functions are perfect for cloud computing. Others need to stay in your data center. Here … more →
Microsoft targets 2012 for Windows 8
thewere42 wrote 1 week ago: msftkitchen According to a Microsoft roadmap, Windows 7’s and Windows Server 2008 R2’s s … more →
