MSNBC.com: Space News (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Evidence of a key mineral on Mars has been found at several locations on the planet's surface, suggesting that any microbial life that might have been there back when the planet was wetter could have lived comfortably.
MSNBC.com: Space News (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
A new telescope system featuring the world's largest digital camera will significantly increase the ability to find space rocks as it begins operation in Hawaii this month, scientists say.
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
Much about this restaurant is small: the space (about thirty seats); the font on the menus (a magnifying glass might be useful); the kitchen (wedged into a corner and open to the dining room); and the snapshots lining the wall (two-by-three childhood photographs of the owners, Joe Dobias . . .
MSNBC.com: Space News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Scientists have found clear evidence that water vapor exists in the atmospheres of giant, hot planets around other stars.
Good Read (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Andrea Thompson On Dec. 31 this year, your day will be just a second longer. Like the more well-known time adjustment, the leap year, a "leap second" is tacked on to clocks every so often to keep them correct. Earth's trip around the sun - our year with all its seasons - is about 365.2422 days long, which we round to 365 to keep things simpler. But every four years, we add 0.2422 x 4 days (that's about...
Good Read (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Andrea Thompson At an all-you-can-eat buffet, heavier people are more likely to use larger plates, chew less and engage in other behaviors that lead to overeating, a new study finds. Brian Wansink, director of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, investigates the psychology behind common eating behaviors, especially those that lead to overeating. The current obesity epidemic has been linked to...
Daemon's TV (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Last year, NBC and Sprint worked together on the “Create Your Hero” contest. Now after one million votes, the winning character stars in a new online micro-series, HEROES: DESTINY. One episode is released every Monday at 9pm et/pt starting on November 10. Columbian-born actor, Roberto Urbina, brings the character to life. Urbina stars in a story [...]
Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Check out Santiago, the fan-chosen Hero, online. After more than one million votes, NBC and Sprint announced the winning hero in the “Create Your Hero” campaign. November 10 saw the unveiling of the winning character, Santiago, as selected to star in the innovative online live action micro-series Heroes: Destiny. The first of four episodes landed Monday, November 10 online at 9pm ET....
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
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Good Read (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Andrea Thompson When you eat a burger and fries from a fast food restaurant, you're ultimately chowing down on corn. Researchers figured this out by going on a burger-buying spree, collecting hamburgers, chicken sandwiches and French fries from the big three fast-food chains around the country and doing chemical analyses to find out the ultimate source of the animal meat and cooking oil that go into...
Good Read (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Andrea Thompson NEW YORK - While sipping a glass of wine one evening, wine enthusiast Tyler Colman began to think about the impact that particular wine, which happened to come from South America in a particularly heavy glass bottle, had on the environment. That thought prompted him to begin examining wine production, from vineyard to wine glass, and "how the path that wine takes to get to us contributes...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
BURBANK, Calif. - After more than one million votes were cast, today NBC and Sprint announced the winning hero in the Create Your Hero campaign. The winning character will star in the new online live action micro-series, HEROES: DESTINY. The first of four episodes will premiere tonight
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than one million votes were cast, today NBC and Sprint announced the winning hero in the "Create Your Hero" campaign. The winning character will
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Your body has a signature odor, just as your fingers have unique prints. And that "eau d'you" remains even if you change what you eat, a new study finds.
MSNBC.com: Space News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
The nature of strange ripples of sand on the Martian surface is clearer now thanks to pole-to-pole images returned by a NASA spacecraft. But even with this new information, scientists still are unsure just how the features, which are unlike anything on Earth, came to be.
