If water is the elixir of life, it’s no wonder that Earth — which is 70% ocean — simply teems with living things.
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Review: ‘Transformers’ lands with giant thud
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" — the most terrible revenge since Montezuma’s — is louder, longer and lamer than the 2007 hit it succeeds. Which is saying a lot. Long story short: The Decepticons are back, fixed on destroying Sam (Shia LaBeouf), Optimus Prime and the Earth, in that order
Two NASA space probes near moon
Two NASA spacecrafts closed in on the moon Tuesday morning — one to send streaming video to Earth as it swings past the moon, the other to map the lunar surface from orbit, the space agency said. The two probes will begin collecting data after nearing the moon’s orbit about 5:30 a.m. ET.
Can Wind Power Get Up to Speed?
Pop quiz: what source of power doesn’t come out of the ground, doesn’t burn and isn’t radioactive? Hint: it contributed the most new electricity generation to the U.S. grid in 2008
White House report warns of climate change effects
Man-made climate change threatens to stress water resources, challenge crops and livestock, raise sea levels and adversely affect human health, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Tuesday.
High-altitude wind machines could power NYC
The wind blowing through the streets of Manhattan couldn’t power the city, but wind machines placed thousands of feet above the city theoretically could. The first rigorous, worldwide study of high-altitude wind power estimates that there is enough wind energy at altitudes of about 1,600 to 40,000 feet to meet global electricity demand a hundred times over.
Airplane went down in volatile equatorial zone
There is a region of the world where the weather is always hot and humid and it rains almost every day of the year. Sounds predictable, right? But weather in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ, can be volatile and dangerous
NASA prepares for Sunday shuttle landing
The next landing opportunity for the space shuttle Atlantis at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is at 10:09 a.m. ET Sunday, NASA said. NASA postponed the landing on Saturday because of weather concerns
Tiny seahorse, world’s longest insect among top new species
A pea-sized seahorse, the world’s longest insect, a "ghost slug" and the world’s smallest snake were among the top 10 species discovered in 2008, a committee of scientists said Friday.
Box Office Weekend: Hanks by a Hair
It wasn’t quite the Preakness, leaving the pundits baffled by a filly winning for the first time in almost a century, but the box office race was closer than expected. The raw estimates for the weekend: Angels & Demons $48 million, Star Trek $43 million.