• Jun
  • 18

Tips on becoming a More Efficient Digital Photographer

These handy tips help you spend more time taking photos and less time working on the computer.

Here's how to enter: Send us your photograph in JPEG format, at a resolution no higher than 640 by 480 pixels. Entries at higher resolutions will be immediately disqualified. If necessary, use an image editing program to reduce the file size…

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  • Jun
  • 14

Next-Gen Space Gear for Humanity’s Return to the Moon

It’s been almost 36 years since humans were last on the moon, and under Project Constellation the next journey is planned for 2020. It may seem a long way off, but the timeline is short, given the work that needs to be done for such a monumental task.

As NASA takes its first steps to establish a permanent lunar outpost — the first step in a journey that will eventually take humans to Mars — testing like this will be critical to the safety and success of its missions. It's…

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  • Jun
  • 13

Amazing plant life - ancient seed sprouts after 2,000 years

Forget cryopreservation ? hot and dry conditions might be all you need to awake far into the future. A date palm seed some 2000 years old ? preserved by nothing more than storage in hot and dry conditions ? has germinated, making it the oldest seed in the world to do so.

In the first century AD, the area was famous for its high-quality dates, but the plants were later lost. Preliminary genetic analysis suggests the ancient date plant is quite different to its modern cousins, but the researchers caution that…

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  • Jun
  • 09

Space telescopes team up

Observations from multiple instruments and even multiple telescopes were pooled together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. This week’s cosmic pictures serve to show what can happen when telescopes team up. The good stuff included a wide shot of starbirth in our home galaxy, a second look at a supernova’s

To get the full lineups for the Spitzer teams, check out the GLIMPSE and MIPSGAL Web sites. The team behind the Chandra W28 study includes Jonathan Keohane (Hampden-Sydney College), Jeonghee Rho (Spitzer Science Center), Thomas…

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  • Jun
  • 05

Multiple Laptop Uses

See the images and found the multiple use of laptop. Really funny and superb.

If after all this your laptop still works, then it must be a proof that “what does not kill us makes us stronger”.

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  • Jun
  • 04

Largest Picture of the Milky Way Unveiled

The Milky Way is a large place, and getting all the stars together, even from just the inner galaxy, for a family photo requires a big canvas. The imaging team from the Spitzer Space Telescope today unveiled the largest, highest resolution infrared picture ever taken of the Milky Way.

So, What Do Astronomers Do With A 55 Meter-Long Image?The Magellanic Clouds are Here for the First TimeHubble Reveals Helix NebulaNew "Map" Could Help Solve Ancient Mysteries of Our GalaxyHubble Mars Wallpaper

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  • May
  • 14

Surreal paintings of Jacek Yerka [Pics]

Jacek Yerka famous Polish painter of fantasy world and landscapes. Yerka studied art for a short time at University, but then learnt from direct study of Northern European masters, the Van Eycks, Dierck Bouts, Robert Campin, Bosch, and surrealists such as Magritte.

U are a great artist! For sure! Great artists know the value of the subconscious to the art. Just as Dali did know. True art is never simply naturalistic or banal if you ‘d like to put it that way. Realism and naturalism is merely…

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  • May
  • 06

Top Ten Transportation Photos

At first we were concerned what kind of images we would get for our transportation photo contest, but we needn’t have worried. Over the past two weeks of voting we’ve received many truly excellent submissions, with these 10 superb photos gaining top ranking among voters.

At first we were concerned what kind of images we would get for our transportation photo contest, but we needn't have worried. Over the past two weeks of voting we've received many truly excellent submissions, with these 10 superb photos…

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  • May
  • 01

Kinetic Art of Andrew Smith

Kinetic sculpture masterpieces of Andrew Smith.

click on image to enlarge For the Birds - Birdfeeder click on image to enlarge Andrew Smith approaches his work with a very wide expectation of what a certain piece may become. A lot of this is determined by what sort of shapes and objects he…

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  • Apr
  • 21

Are we 10 years away from artificial life?

Some researchers on the quest for artificial life say they’re only a decade away from their goal. But could these artificial life forms turn into a science-fiction nightmare?

Developing some of these characteristics presents many challenges to researchers. But one Harvard scientist predicted (in that same AP article) that by early 2007, great advances would be made in creating cell membranes [source: Associated…

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