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LHC Has First Collisions After Years of Waiting
By admin on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
An anonymous reader writes “Only four days after the first attempt to send a particle beam around the LHC, we have arrived at the point when all four experiments got their first real collisions from the machine. This was met by celebrations and champagne, as people have been waiting years and years for this moment. It is a testament to the engineering of the machine that collisions were reached already, so few days after restarting. The LHC had already (more…)
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Insomniac: PS3 Won’t be Maxed for at least Another Two YearsBy admin on November 1, 2009 | Comments Off
According to Insomniac’s James Stevenson, developers won’t begin maxing out the PlayStation 3′s power for at least two or three years & applauds Sony for creating hardware with “really long life spans”
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Twenty Years Ago, One Hit Changed Two Lives ForeverBy admin on November 1, 2009 | Comments Off
After a collision on the field, Gaines, a tailback for Vanderbilt, got up and headed back to the huddle. Mullins, a safety for Mississippi, never moved again. Brad Gaines now makes a 175 mile trip 3 times a year to the tombstone of a man he never really knew.
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South Polar Ocean Temps Were Tropical 50 Million Years AgoBy admin on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
The temperature difference between equatorial and polar sea waters was minimal during the extremely warm ‘Greenhouse World’ 60 to 50 million years ago. A team of scientists headed by Peter Bijl has shown that circum-Antarctic sea water exceeded 30ºC (86ºF) at that time.
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Never too old to play soccer…even if you’re 109 years-oldBy admin on September 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Anna Ferris loves good wine. Last New Year’s Eve, she toasted 2009 by holding a glass of white wine high above her head at 1 a.m. She was born Feb. 11, 1900, in New York City, before the vacuum cleaner, radio or crossword puzzle were invented. Even at the age of 109, she wants to win every event at the Orange County Senior Games.
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PlayStation 3 Ads Through The YearsBy admin on September 20, 2009 | Comments Off
With Sony announcing a new PS3, surely Sony has to have a great marketing campaign for it right? Through the last 3 years, Sony has been making less then
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Panasonic’s New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 YearsBy admin on September 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Mike writes “As lighting manufacturers phase out the incandescent bulb, and CFLs look set to define the future of lighting, Panasonic recently unveiled a remarkable 60-watt household LED bulb that they claim can last up to 19 years (if used 5-1/2 hours a day). With a lifespan 40 times longer than their incandescent counterparts, Panasonic’s new EverLed bulbs are the most efficient LEDs ever to be produced. They are set to debut in Japan on October (more…)
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10 years later: Why the Dreamcast was so importantBy admin on September 15, 2009 | Comments Off
We break down why Sega’s doomed system is the industry’s most beloved cult console
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