More HD 3D Models Available in Google Maps Around the World
Google is still pushing new 3D models to Earth, just not the ones users submit. For a long time, it encouraged volunteers to recreate their cities or the cities they loved in 3D for Google Earth....
View ArticleSome Reviewers Turned Off by the Politics of Elysium
Elysium, the new sci-fi film starring Matt Damon, opened Thursday. Reviewers have been modestly positive overall (the film gets 67 percent at Rotten Tomatoes) but it's clear that many reviewers were...
View Article1,100 Haiku Headed To Mars
More than 1,100 haiku will be headed to Mars on board a NASA spacecraft later this year, thanks to the creativity of thousands of earthlings who have waxed poetic on the wonders of the red planet. The...
View ArticleCould We Really Build the Space Station in 'Elysium'?
In the new movie Elysium, Earth is beyond repair, and the rich and powerful have decided to leave it behind. Instead of three to six highly trained astronauts circling the Earth in an orbiting...
View ArticleCakeSystems™ Partners with Hands On Nashville of Tennessee
Earth Advantage (EA), a nonprofit focused on creating better buildings, announces the partnership of CakeSystems, its energy efficiency software and database platform, and Hands On Nashville in...
View ArticleSteve King Makes Another Outrageous Global Warming Remark
A day after claiming that climate change was more "a religion than a science," Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) reasserted that many scientists overreact when discussing the consequences of global warming....
View ArticleMore than 100,000 want to go to Mars
More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They've applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on uncharted territory,...
View ArticleDeep Earth Heat Transfer Lower Than Previously Believed
*redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online* Researchers have for the first time experimentally simulated the pressure conditions of the Earth’s deep lower mantle – an achievement that...
View ArticleStudents Observe Quasar By Looking At Light Reflections
*John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* Part of the educational process for college students majoring in the sciences is to engage in research activities, helping them to...
View ArticleCelestial Pollution From Perseid Meteor Shower
*[ Watch the Video: Laser Lights Criss Cross Hawaiian Skies ]* *April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* The annual Perseid Meteor Shower will peak this weekend. As redOrbit’s Lawrence...
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10 Things That Could Go Horribly Wrong In China
The world has watched in awe for three decades as China emerged from obscurity to become the second largest economy in the world. However, an economy that is so large and growing so quickly is...
View ArticleObama Pledges Help For Veterans For As Long As They 'Walk This Earth'
ORLANDO, Fla. -- President Barack Obama is pledging to make sure the government has all the resources needed to assist U.S. veterans, and he notes their ranks are growing as wars end in Iraq and...
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38 FEET A YEAR: What It's Like To Live In The Rainiest Place On Earth
Deep in India's northeast, villagers use grass to sound-proof their huts from deafening rain, clouds are a familiar sight inside homes and a suitably rusted sign tells visitors they are in the...
View ArticleAmazon Options New Sci-Fi Thriller “Orbit”
Aliens are coming to Earth. The fate of the world depends on a small band of people who must fight the battle of their lives. At least, that’s what the first draft says anyway. Amazon has optioned a...
View ArticleEurekaMag.com Publishes 64 Thousand New Animal Science References and...
After its latest inclusion of 64 thousand new animal science references and a bibliography on molecular cloning, the Life, Earth and Health Sciences Magazine EurekaMag.com now provides 37.4 million...
View ArticleWatch the Perseid Meteor Shower Dazzle Sunday Night's Sky
Look up into the sky tonight, and you'll likely be in for a treat. The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower happens Sunday night through early Monday, as the Earth continues to orbit past a part of...
View ArticleMars One Draws Over 100,000 Applicants Eager To Leave Earth Forever
More than 100,000 people have applied to leave Earth forever in favor of colonizing Mars. Reported by IBTimes 6 hours ago.
View ArticleUFO Contactee Warns Apophis Asteroid Could Devastate Europe
Billy Meier published information from extraterrestrial humans in 1991 – 13 years prior to “official” discovery Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2013 Anatoly Perminov, the chief of Russia’s space...
View Article11% After Earth
After Earth is dull, ploddingly paced exercise in sentimental sci-fi -- and the latest setback for director M. Night Shyamalan's once-promising career. Reported by Rotten Tomatoes 2 hours ago.
View ArticleJapan GDP falls back to earth
The pace of GDP growth has slowed in Japan to 2.6% after a very strong first quarter. Reported by CNNMoney 1 hour ago.
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