by Jared | Feb 18, 2008 | Space & Discovery
Its currently in mission phase 3 called Cruise, which means its flying to Mars. Once it arrives the Phoenix’s assignment is to dig through the Martian soil and ice in the arctic region and use its onboard scientific instruments to analyze the samples it...
by Jared | Feb 15, 2008 | Learning & Education
This is an amazing project, it will give everyone access to the worlds knowledge on the 1.8 million species currently known, and provide the ability for people to help grow the information as there are millions more unknown to us. This is going to be the best school...
by Jared | Feb 14, 2008 | Learning & Education
As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere. We know so little about nature, he says, that we’re still discovering tiny organisms indispensable to...
by Jared | Feb 13, 2008 | Tech & Science
The latest version has a new lithium-ion battery, a more efficient electric motor (10% lighter), a new inverter (30% smaller) and tires that rotate with less resistance. The range has been boosted to 160 km (99 miles) with the 16 kWh battery, which is 23% better than...
by Jared | Feb 12, 2008 | Wildlife & Nature
This is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls, on the Discovery Channel. In the show, Grylls both demonstrates and narrates techniques for wilderness survival in regions around the globe, from ice fields, mountain ranges, swamps and deserts. The general...
