In late months , NASA has lamented the lack of nonage scholar interested in majoring in science and engineering field and has now partner with the United Negro College Fund for encourage college - bound African - American students to consider a career in these under - represented field of study . If astrobiology enquiry seems like an insurmountable end to some U.S. students , perhaps they ’d be encouraged by the efforts of the dedicated radical of workers and research worker that comprises the infinite program in the Democratic Republic of Congo ....

A bleary characterization has surfaced of a new Pocket PC Phone from Hitachi that connects to the Sprint PCS Vision connection and has a work up - in pollex keyboard and a digital camera . Looks a peck like the Treo to me . No Word of God from Hitachi on when this might become usable . translate Daily Newsletter Get the unspoilt tech , scientific discipline , and culture intelligence in your inbox daily ....

Ca n’t vinyl and CDs get along ? That ’s the reasonable question posed by electronic / techno musicianJeff Mills , who has released his latest album on a two - for - one intercrossed format . Thoughtful intermediation , or 6th sign of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine ? Check out the flip side : in person , I ’m always lover of the convergence of analog and digital ....

Amazon is evidently in “ in advance talks ” with Texas Instruments , in an endeavour to bribe its smartphone and tab oriented OMAP cow chip class . The news show was describe byCalcalist.co.il ( Hebrew)and has n’t been confirmed by either company yet . However , Assaf Gilad , the journalist behind the tale , hascorrectly spotted industriousness bargain - outs in the yesteryear . According to Gilad , Amazon is hoping to win Texas Instrument ’s high - remnant central processing unit divison so that it can have more ascendence over the chip that end up in its Kindle Fire tab ....

A Twitter yarn on evolutionary leftovers in the human body has gone viral , largely due to how freaking interesting it is . Human body are litter with bits and pieces we do n’t really involve anymore . We do n’t have tails , but we still have a tailbone . goose pimple originated to plump up our animal root ' hair to make them come along big and frighten away off predators , not something we do much of these days ....

School is back in session and if there ’s still fandom gear to curb off your shopping list , io9 has you covered . Featuring the late pop culture ‘ paroxysm inspired by Studio Ghibli , Barbie , DC , Disney , Marvel , and Sanrio , among other literary genre faves , these collections come fromBoxLunch , BlackMilk , Cakeworthy , andRSVLTS . For your tech needs there ’s also selections from Sprayground , Nudient , Casetify , and more ....

Here ’s a chintzy and easygoing way to stretch your Zune ’s battery life . If you ’re not going to be using the role player for a few hours , move around it off by hold down on the directional pad and the back clitoris at the same time . After three seconds , the Zune will power down into a kind of hibernation mood . By using this instead of just throw down the play / pause button , you ’ll recede the ability to set out up again precisely where you left off , plus you ’ll have to watch the Zune startup logotype again , but you save some stamp battery spirit ....

When you buy through links on our land site , we may pull in an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . A skull discovered almost a century ago on a shoring near Pompeii might , just might , be that of Roman naturalist and military loss leader Pliny the Elder , new enquiry finds . The submaxilla associated with that skull , however , belongs to someone else whole ....

The Roman Empire was so crippled by the Antonine Plague that many scholars believe it hastened the empire’s demise. At the summit of the Antonine Plague , up to 3,000 ancient Romans dropped bushed every unmarried daytime . The disease was first cited during the reign of the last of the Five Good Emperors , Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , in 165 or 166 A.D. Even though how the pandemic begin remains unknown , one Grecian physician named Galen manage to document the outbreak itself in startling particular ....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . Rick Woodbury, 54, inventor and designer of the “Tango,” sits behind the wheel of the electric two-person Tango car on the streets of Spokane, Wash., Aug. 25, 2003. Just 39 inches wide and 8 1/2-feet long, the Tango is classified as an ultra-narrow vehicle; meaning two can fit side-by-side in the same freeway lane, with room to spare....

A black bear cub that was spotted with its head stick in a great plastic jar has been freed and released back into the forest of northwest Maryland , capping off a three - solar day - longsighted effort to cut through down and help the animal before it perished from evaporation . As reported by theirFacebook place , staff from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ( MDDNR ) Wildlife & Heritage Service and Natural Resource Police located the 45 - kilogram ( 100 - pound ) male cub on the grounds of a ski and golf resort perched near the shore of Deep Creek Lake on Saturday ....

When they ’re young and still waiting for their first development , all a Pokemon aspiration about is fighting in tournaments with a skilled trainer guiding the way . What they do n’t think about is that all those battles will take their cost , and finally they ’re going to have to consider other work to give the bills . At leastPikachu is embracing the collective world . This stuffed toy dog is part of an total line of themed plush Pikachus being released throughout the year , and it can either be buy at an prescribed Pokemon center in Japan , or via Amazon ’s Japanese internet site for about $ 15 ....

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