Briarcliff 6th Grader Wins Earth Day Poster Contest
Patch Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor, NY -- A contest sponsored by the New York State Senate has earned one Briarcliff Middle School sixth grader some recognition. Sarah Raphael was announced the...
View ArticleSupermoon 2013 Dates And When To Watch
The closest and largest full moon of the year, called a "supermoon" peaks on Saturday, June 23, 2013. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its orbit,...
View Article‘Earth Defense Force 2025:’ Bigger bugs, more vehicles, and over 700 weapons
Earth Defense Force 2025 continues the EDF trend of fighting giant insects in Japan with over-the-top action and multiple weapons. Reported by Digital Trends 5 hours ago.
View ArticleWashington Real Estate Investment Trust's 1220 19th Street Receives AOBA...
Filed under: Investing *Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's 1220 19* ^*th**Street Receives AOBA TOBY® Award* ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYS:...
View ArticleSopranos Star James Gandolfini Dead at 51
Patch Fort Lee, NJ -- Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his role as HBO wiseguy Tony Soprano, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack in Rome, the cable network confirmed. He was 51."We're...
View ArticleBritish Politician Simon Parkes Says he is Father to Alien Child
A British City councilman has claimed that he has fathered a space alien named "Zarka," and is also abducted every year by aliens who want to have sex with him. Simon Parkes, 53, is in a new TV...
View ArticleDunk fails -- 20 of the most epic basketball slam dunk fail videos you will...
Dunk fails, slam dunk fails, epic slam dunk fails -- whatever you want to call them, we love it when a bozo flaps at the rim and comes back down to earth with nothing but embarrassment. Asylum can dunk...
View ArticleSaturday's 'Supermoon' Sure to Cause a Moon Shadow
Patch Frankfort, IL -- If the skies are clear Saturday night, the moon we'll see will appear extremely large and super close. It's called a "Supermoon," when the moon is at perigee — its closest...
View Article10 Google Earth Tips for Power Users
Google Earth is a free program that lets you explore the globe (and a few other parts of the galaxy) via satellite imagery. Street maps, terrain, 3D neighborhoods — you name it, Google Earth can show...
View ArticleBlack Blood Of The Earth: A Unique Coffee Experience From An Unusual...
The products that stumble forth from Philip Broughton’s restless, inventive brain are more the result of his own curiosity and sense of fun than they are a deep desire to build a business. His company,...
View ArticleTom Engelhardt: How Far Will China Rise?
Yes, the predictions are in. By 2016 (or 2030?), China will have economically outpaced the U.S. So say the economic soothsayers. And behind them lie all those, in the Pentagon and elsewhere in...
View ArticleESA Boasts Successful Re-Entry Drop Test For One Craft, Highlights Plans For...
*Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* In attempts to further refine Earth reentry technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has completed a drop test of an initial experimental craft,...
View Article7 Entrepreneurship Lessons From 'Man Of Steel'
Over the weekend my wife and I and a friend saw Man of Steel-- the latest reboot of the Superman franchise. Note: Spoilers below! If you haven't seen the movie yet, you might want to stop reading. But...
View ArticleTHIS WEEKEND: Best Way To See 'Supermoon'
One of the biggest celestial events of the year is almost upon us! Set to peak on Sunday, June 23, the 2013 supermoon is noteworthy not only for the remarkable sight it will present to skywatchers but...
View ArticleEarth Advantage Completes Inaugural Training for New Remodel Certification...
Earth Advantage (EA), a nonprofit focused on advancing the creation of better buildings, has delivered the inaugural training for Earth Advantage® Remodel Certification. This new certification will...
View Article77% No Place On Earth
In October 1942, Esther Stermer, the matriarch of a Jewish family in the Ukraine, leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis - and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing...
View ArticleJohn Dear: Bidder 70 -- the Great New Documentary about Climate Activist Tim...
Edward Snowden's revelation last week to The Guardian that the U.S. government keeps phone records of nearly every American is shocking, disturbing -- and alas, to be expected. We've become a culture...
View ArticleGandolfini Remembered Statewide as Quintessential 'Jersey Guy'
Patch Bloomfield, NJ -- To fans of "The Sopranos," James Gandolfini was a violent yet complex mob boss who embodied the image of a Jersey tough guy. But to residents in his native Garden State, the...
View ArticleStudy Looks At How A Third Radiation Belt Appeared Around Earth
*April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* Scientists have long believed that the Van Allen radiation belts, discovered in the Earth’s upper atmosphere in 1958, consisted of two...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Ocean Is Likely to One Day Disappear, Get Pulled into the...
About a week ago, the news broke that a new subduction zone is most likely forming close to Spain and Portugal's coastline. As reported at that time, the formation of this new subduction zone could...
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