SPOTLIGHT
Seeds to Save a Species
Around the world, scientists are risking their lives to retrieve seeds destined for a massive vault near the North Pole. Their work just might save mankind.
Microsoft Money Pushes Time-Lapse Space Camera Closer to Action
Bill Gates and ex-Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi have donated a combined $30 million to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will feature the largest digital camera ever constructed. Scientists say it will provide a “color movie” of the universe.
Next Big Bang in 2008
The 17-mile-long tunnel on the Swiss-France border could usher in another miracle year. Physicists hope that the LHC, which is the biggest and highest energy particle accelerator, will be able to find the elusive Higgs boson and other mysterious particles that hold the key to a clear picture of the Universe ? from its beginning to the present.
Hawking to host new TV series
His show ? Stephen Hawking: Master Of The Universe ? will see the 65-year-old Cambridge professor explain his own and other boffins? ideas in a way we can all understand. It starts in March.
Test tube universe hints at unifying theory
A “universe in a test tube” that could be used to assess theories of everything has been created by physicists.
The Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of the universe, but only one stage in an endlessly repeated cycle of universal expansion and contraction? Read Article at Wired.com
Football field sized asteroid heading for Mars
The odds of a huge asteroid hitting Mars next month have increased according to scientists. Read more at dbTechno
Robots Taking Over The Job On Offshore Oil Drilling Platforms
?In the future, offshore platforms could be run by robots alone, with human beings staying on land. Read more at ScienceDaily.com
Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies.
Read more at ScienceDaily.com
