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Source: SPACE.com.
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Despite the slightly sad fact that the Mars rover is essentially stuck in place and has been that way for a while now, the mission is not a failure. In fact, it's far from over! The rover's instruments all still work and it can still effectively send back photos and data. Yesterday it was announced that even the wheels spinning ineffectively in the Mars soil has uncovered some new surprises. There is really good evidence of subsurface water. Since the search for life on other planets always begins with the search for water, this is very interesting news. You can read more at NASA.gov.
This is an artist's rendition of the rover. The article has a very nice photo. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University.
July 23, 2007 - When it comes to writing, the pen and paper can take storytelling only so far.
Now a new technology allows kids - big and small - to embed sound into traditional drawings and create an interactive story-game. The Jabberstamp, invented by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is not only just fun to play with, it can also allow children to capture and share intricate ideas before they have mastered the skill of writing narratives.
We can help them learn new things that are really complex by giving them new toys,said Hayes Raffle, a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant. Raffle developed the device with fellow Ph.D. candidate Cati Vaucelle and Cornell University researcher Ruibing Wang.
Want to learn more? Go to Discovery Channel :: News - Technology :: Story Machine Captures Sound, Images.
Apparently a news chopper crew captured video of a meteor or some other debris from space while flying before the sun came up.
An awesome video of space debris breaking up in the atmosphere LIVE during Good Day Colorado around 6:15 a.m. Thursday, January 4, 2007.
SkyFOX pilot Rob Marshall and photojournalist Josh White captured the event at about 6:15 a.m. Mountain Standard Time while they were flying over Denver.
See this Spectacular Video of A Meteor at it's original source.
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We have previously heard about Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids. But Yahooligans! has become Yahoo! Kids (beta
). They still have most of the best stuff for kids but are now new and improved.