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BBC airs Superman story worldwide
The BBC did a fine history of Superman, which airs on its World News television program today. The story will go around the planet faster than a speeding bullet.
cleveland.com (11 days ago)
Close-Up: A Lonely Planet Founder Looks Back
Four decades after co-founding Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler talks about traveling the hippie trail and figuring out the early days of guidebook publishing.
nytimes.com (11 days ago)
‘Intelligence’ vs. data
So much data collection and yet so little real intelligence. That’s the real scandal here in the latest revelations of data mining by the National Security Agency and the FBI. Thursday the Washington Post revealed a classified program, code-named P established in 2007 and known to some members of Congress, that...
bostonherald.com (11 days ago)
First woman to go into space offers to set out on one-way trip to Mars at the age of 76
Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became a national heroine at the age of 26 when she made a solo space flight from the Soviet Union. She has been part of a research group studying the possibility of going to the Red Planet.
dailymail.co.uk (11 days ago)
NASA Opportunity rover finds sign of past non-acidic water on Mars
The hunt for evidence of water on Mars that could support life has been a long and exciting one (depending on your definition of exciting). While there is evidence abound of water that used to be on the Martian planet, it has been of the highly acidic variety, which is not conducive to life. Now, ...
slashgear.com (11 days ago)
Brenda Peterson: Can Stories Save Our Oceans? Talking With Animal Planet's Mermaids Creator
Stories, as much as science, can wake us up to what's really happening in our blue planet. As we celebrate World Oceans' Day, many people are debating the existence of mermaids, after watching Animal Planet's Mermaids: The New Evidence. In the hope that this mermaid debate leads to more focus on the "shocking" state...
huffingtonpost.com (11 days ago)
Share Your Own Ocean Photos!
June 8 marks the 21st annual World Oceans Day, a time to commemorate the blue part of the planet while galvanizing support for increasingly threatened aquatic ecosystems. The day was first proposed by the Canadian government in 1992 and has since gained global recognition, including a designation by the United...
huffingtonpost.com (11 days ago)
Martian Rock Another Clue to a Once Water-Rich Planet
The clay-rich rock, which scientists named Esperance, is one of the oldest rocks that the rover Opportunity has looked at during its nine and a half years on Mars.
nytimes.com (11 days ago)
The Week In Numbers: World's Oldest Primate, Big Bang Mystery Solved, And More
55 million years: the age of the sedimentary rock strata in which scientists discovered this skeleton of a Archicebus achilles, the oldest-known primate fossil 90 days: the record-breaking time in which a Chinese firm plans to build the world's next tallest building, the 2,750-foot, 220-story Sky City 2017: the year...
popsci.com (11 days ago)
At Its Annual Meeting, View Of Wal-Mart Depends On Beholder
Wal-Mart is like a corporate Rorscach test: You see what you want to see or are inclined to see. Because the company, its issues, its merchandise and its locations are so huge and comprehensive, the biggest retailer and one of the most transformative companies on the planet, any particular point of view can pretty...
forbes.com (11 days ago)
Mpls. performer claims world mark as 'Fastest Whip' in the west (north, south and east, too)
A Wild West performer from Minneapolis is seeking world-record verification that he is the “Fastest Whip” on the planet.
startribune.com (11 days ago)
The internet is good for the planet, and let’s keep it that way
There's a growing amount of research that says the Internet has a greater net positive effect on the environment than a negative one. But the research is still new and the question is very complex.
gigaom.com (11 days ago)
'Man of Steel' not altering tornado depiction
In the upcoming film "Man of Steel," Superman faces off against ruthless outcasts from his home planet.
denverpost.com (11 days ago)
Controversial 'Man Of Steel' Scene Won't Change
BURBANK, Calif. — In the upcoming film "Man of Steel," Superman faces off against ruthless outcasts from his home planet. The last son of Krypton also encounters a more realistic force of nature on earth: a deadly tornado. "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder said there was never any discussion about altering the...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
Why I Just Don't Give a Shit About PRISM (Or Any Other Spying)
Last night, the world found out about the NSA's pervasive, encompassing PRISM surveillance program. We learned that we are all being monitored, in a literal sense, and that the largest tech companies on the planet are involved. There is no way to avoid it. And I just can't find any reason to care. To be perfectly...
gizmodo.com (12 days ago)
Jon Chattman: An "A-Sides" Interview with "Show Tested, Rocker Approved" Kinky Boots Star Celina...
It's pretty obvious Celina Carvajal was put on this planet to entertain. As a kid, she performed for Pope John Paul II at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, toured the world as a dancer with Ballet Celeste, and studied at Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company. By 18, she had already made her Broadway debut in...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
Rick Leach: 1,000 Days to Change the World
In the life of a child, nutrition during the first 1,000 days -- from a mother's pregnancy to the child's second birthday -- can mean the difference between a promising future or one plagued by poor health and stunted growth. For these young children, their first 1,000 days of life will determine the course of their...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
WATCH: Animation Captures Sandy Hitting U.S.
From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman: NASA never fails to capture dazzling images of our home planet, and on Thursday it released an animation of 2012's Hurricane Sandy that almost - almost - makes you forget how devastating that storm actually was. It's a stunningly beautiful 44-second video, replete with its own...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
This is the coolest Wikipedia app on the planet
According to Google’s DoubleClick ad planner, Wikipedia is the sixth largest website in the world with approximately 410 million monthly unique visitors. Founded in 2001, Wikipedia is a crowd-sourced encyclopedia operated by the Wikimedia Foundation with a noble goal: Free information by the people, for the people....
yahoo.com (12 days ago)
San Antonio Spurs and Spanish Football, part 1
When you play a 2013 NBA Finals game one, away to the defending champions, whose team includes the best basketball player on the planet, and you shoot 42% from the field, you should not win. Spurs 92, Heat 88. Why...
examiner.com (12 days ago)
Kenai sustainable sportswear for your fitness needs
Taking saving the planet seriously. Kenai headed to the landfill and when they saw all that was piled there they came up with an idea to reuse what they could to make breathable, anti-pill, rip-stop, abrasion, and fade...
examiner.com (12 days ago)
As amphibians vanish at alarming rate, local volunteers help monitor situation
Scientists around the world have documented declines in the population of frogs and toads since the 1980s. This is considered one of the most critical threats to animal life on our planet.
southbendtribune.com (12 days ago)
'Man of Steel' not altering tornado depiction
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - In the upcoming film "Man of Steel," Superman faces off against ruthless outcasts from his home planet. The last son of Krypton also encounters a more realistic force of nature
themonitor.com (12 days ago)
Collins: Power to the preschoolers
“Spread the word about President Obama’s plan to provide high-quality preschool for every kid in America,” twittered the White House on Wednesday. We all know that nothing on the planet compares to the awesome power of social media. But it may require more than a hashtag to bring this one home. You may remember that...
sltrib.com (12 days ago)
God: a place in science fiction?
If SF is grounded in hard scientific fact, and science is killing God, then what place does that leave for divine intervention in the pages of SF literature? When I tweeted this question, @MirabilisDave gave Arthur C Clarke's famous dictum a twist, quipping that "Any sufficiently advanced technocrat will be...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
'Man of Steel' not altering tornado depiction
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - In the upcoming film "Man of Steel," Superman faces off against ruthless outcasts from his home planet. The last son of Krypton also encounters a more realistic force of nature on earth: a deadly tornado.
yahoo.com (12 days ago)
Liberman plan taps potent network
JOSH Liberman is bankrolling a university venture that offers a chance to learn from the most powerful people on the planet.
news.com.au (12 days ago)
LOOK: 'Is This What Mars Colonies Will Look Like?'
Your mind wanders when you're flying 220 miles above Earth in the International Space Station. From time to time it wanders all the way to Mars. ISS Astronaut Luca Parmitano was flying above Chile yesterday when he noticed a farm in the desert that looked like concept images of a Martian colony on the Red Planet....
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
Infographic: This Is What's Causing Climate Change
Wow, maybe we should stop cutting down so many trees. If you tried to list the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, you might say cars, or cows, or airplanes. Those are all major problem sources, but they're not the only ones, or even necessarily the biggest ones. Ecofys, a sort of sustainable energy...
popsci.com (12 days ago)
9 Great Places to Swim With Animals
It's sunny summer swimming weather-- time to turn off the TV and get outside. Real-life Animal Planet adventures await in the rivers, oceans and water parks. Kiss a Riviera Maya dolphin, find Nemo, or chuck a sea lion under the chin.
abcnews.com (12 days ago)
