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"Portuguese scientists have found a depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"The rumors we reported may be true: Dark matter may have been found for at the Soudan Underground Lab particle physics laboratory's Cryogenic Dark Matter Search project." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

Thanks to Kevin for another great logo... - Bret Taylor

1 yıl geçmiş üzerinden bretim taylorum vay anasına dimi.. - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

"Did you know: CIA agents wear Rolex watches so they can “trade” their way out of sticky situations!" - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test program and all required US government licensing completed. - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"The U.S. Air Force has confirmed to Aviation Week the existence of the so-called "Beast of Kandahar" UAV, a stealth-like remotely piloted jet seen flying out of Afghanistan in late 2007. The RQ-170 Sentinel, believed to be a tailless flying wing design with sensor pods faired into the upper surface of each wing, was developed by Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), better known as Skunk Works." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"UUV mothership to deploy intelligence-gathering unmanned underwater vehicles" - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

I hope this comes with barfbags standard - Morgan Haley

SAIC=CIAS pretty cool underwater "spookplane" - Steve Johnson

"Iran has reorganized its naval forces to give operational control of the strategic Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the naval component of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the paramilitary organization that is playing an increasingly central role not only in Iran's military but also its political and economic life." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose a few of their entries from 2009 for display here on The Big Picture." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

From the Zeray Gazette: "James R. Rummel points out that in the Star Trek universe, there is no money: That always struck me as being exceedingly odd, particularly when I noticed that people were serving drinks in the space station saloons, and generally doing scut work. What motivated these people to get out of bed and work as servants every day, anyway? Where did the ambition to excel and become a starship captain come from? Why would anyone put on a red shirt and accompany the bridge crew as part of an away team?" - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

that and the oldest currency is that of the swapping of goods. You live in an area where you can't grow a specific plant, you trade items for it with those who can grow it. This scales up to various goods people can create that others can't. It eventually becomes the scarcity of serfices, goods and knowledge mentioned above. - alphaxion

"It is widely known that the brain perceives information before it reaches a person’s awareness. But until now, there was little way to determine what specific mental tasks were taking place prior to the point of conscious awareness." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

It's not just a defensive game; cyber-security includes attack plans too, and the U.S. has already used some of them successfully. - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"In the image, taken by the Cassini spacecraft is Saturn, its rings and the moon Rhea. Amazingly, this is a raw image straight from Cassini; it has not been calibrated or enhanced in any way. This is art in its purest form and evidence of the phenomenal and enchanting beauty of the Saturn system, as well as confirmation of what an amazing spacecraft Cassini is." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"Two very different worlds collide this week when web-savvy executives of Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia meet representatives of the Vatican to explain the mysteries of the internet." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

Obviously it looks like some type of electronic warfare jamming pod. - Bill Romanos

"NASA Ares I-X mission managers watch as NASA's Ares I-X rocket launches from pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)" - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"If we rely on technology for documenting, sorting and storing information -- creating digital diaries, or "lifestreaming" -- what will become of our minds?" - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"If you’ve read about all the troubles scientists at CERN in Europe have been having getting the Large Hadron Collider to work, you must have had the same sort of thought about the failures as some such scientists have: Obviously, a time travel paradox is to blame." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"Nuclear explosion photographed by rapatronic camera less than 1 millisecond after detonation." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"The Red Book, an intricate 16-year record of Carl Jung's journey into his unconscious that has never been seen publicly, is going on display in an exhibit at a New York museum that coincides with publication of the volume, rendered in the Swiss psychoanalyst's elaborate calligraphy and richly hued paintings." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"Researchers funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) at the University of Michigan invented a new type of magnetron that may be used to defeat enemy electronics." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"An international team of scientists has reported finding evidence of water on the moon." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"The protagonist of Into the Wild made a romantic retreat away from civilization, but he forgot that social behavior helped pre-industrial man to survive." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time through nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

i like how he says "Virtual sex will become commonplace." lol - Loc

"The aerocraft, with its 150-meter-long Z-type wing, can adjust its posture to absorb as much solar energy as possible. When flying in darkness, it will adjust the wing into a more aerodynamic position driving the plane with energy stored in the solar panels." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

interesting picture, i would love to see one in action, even if it's just a model aeroplane twitter(at)locspoc - Loc

"J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"When animals die, their corpses exude a particular "stench of death" which repels their living relatives, scientists have discovered." - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

A steel version of Velcro that is strong enough to hold together buildings has been developed by German scientists. - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet