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Researchers Create Functional Invisibility Cloak | w/Video

Researchers have created a working invisibility cloak using one of nature’s common yet bizarre phenomena -- the “mirage effect.” The new design from the University of Dallas was demoed on YouTube and even has an on and off switch -- and it's best used underwa …

More Evidence For A Preferred Direction in Spacetime

the universe seems to be expanding faster in some directions than others. But how good is this evidence? Is it possible that the preferred direction is a statistical mirage that will disappear with the right kind of data analysis?    More Seeds :: JCAtom

NASA Telescope Sees Crystal Rain on an Infant Star

Astronomy may be hard science, but there's always been a whiff of Disney about it too.

Beer.....In........Spaaaace!

Jaron Mitchell and Jason Held have developed a beer to reach past the tastelessness experienced in space and satisfy the hunger for those that miss their favorite beverage from back home... "It's going to be the first beer that will be specifically designed to be drunk in zero g …

Nearby Exoplanet Gliese 581 Star 'Could Host Life'

A red dwarf star 20 light-years away is again providing hints that it hosts the first definitively habitable planet outside our Solar System.   More Seeds :: JCAtom

Amazing Video: 'Jetman' Yves Rossy Makes First U.S. Flight, Cruising Above the Grand Canyon at 190 MPH

Yves Rossy, a.k.a. “Jetman,” made good on his promise to dazzle onlookers at the Grand Canyon this morning by flying his one-of-a-kind jet-propelled wing through a leg of Grand Canyon West in Arizona, soaring just 200 feet above the rim of the canyon itself.

Laser Gun Fired from US Navy Ship - Sets Small Boat on Fire :: VIDEO

Researchers used the high-energy laser (HEL) to disable a boat by setting fire to its engines off the coast of California. More Seeds :: JCAtom

The Decline of U.S. Naval Power

Despite its necessity, deficit reduction is not the only or even the most important thing.

10 Most Spectacular Space Vessels in Film

"One day, if everything goes according to plan, taking the family on a trip to Venus will be just like taking a trip to the Grand Canyon.

Twin Suns - As Soon As Betelgeuse Explodes

The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is occurring. When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland.

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