The beam can slice through metal from a distance of nine miles, and is precise enough to hit the tire of a moving vehicle without igniting the fuel tank or passenger area.
Here are a few articles about it:
[UPI Article]
[The Engineer Online Article]
[Earth Times Article]
[PR Newswire Article]
[Aero-News Network Article]
Go Boeing :)
This is a pretty cool time lapse video of the northern lights in British Columbia, September 24, 2006.
Click Play below, or [click here] to watch it at YouTube.
Our first view of the famous Mars Face came from a Viking orbiter 30 years ago, and it looked like this:
The European Space Agency has managed to take higher resolution photos with a ground resolution of about 13.7 meters per pixel. This is what they have released:
You can read more about it [here].
A study has shown that women who receive breast implants are 73% more likely to commit suicide than women without breast implants.
Other studies have examined the suicide rate among women who have undergone various other types of cosmetic surgery, and they also conclude that women who receive cosmetic surgery have a higher suicide rate.
Women who choose to augment their bodies tend to have lower self-esteem and more mental disorders than women who choose not to.
[Full Article Here]
Just another reason for us ladies to learn to like our own bodies.
Five years after the World Trade Center attacks, volunteers are still working hard to find and identify human remains in the immediate area.
"About 760 specks and slivers of human bones have been discovered in recent months, after demolition began on this 41-story former bank tower known as the Deutsche Bank building, just south of where the World Trade Center once stood.
"Of the 2,749 people who were killed that day, the remains of some 1,150 have not been found."
No, really -- Microsoft has actually designed a school in an underprivileged section of Philadelphia.
The school has implemented the latest technologies and has taken in an initial class of 170 lucky teenagers.
The school scheduled to eventually enroll 750 students.
The teaching/learning philosophy is quite different from traditional schools and sounds like an absolute dream to me.
The curriculum flexes with the students, allowing them to re-visit topics they don't understand or push forward through topics they have already mastered.
This way, no struggling child is left behind -- but no thriving child is held back either. Why couldn't the government have implemented this policy instead?
[Full Article Here]
