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US astronomers launch search for alien life on 86 planets

A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible Earth-like planets, US astronomers said Friday.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 98

City lights could reveal E.T. civilization

In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. In a new paper, Avi Loeb (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Edwin Turner ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 54 | with audio podcast

Let it snow! And five other super-fun Google tricks

Let it snow? Just in time for the holidays, Google has rolled out the latest in a string of neat tricks that you can play with the search engine.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 1

Researcher finds snooping smartphone software

A smartphone security researcher is shining light on a hidden program that tracks activity on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia handsets.

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Dolphins, aliens, and the search for intelligent life

How do we define intelligence? SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, clearly equates intelligence with technology (or, more precisely, the building of radio or laser beacons). Some, such as the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Scientists reach the heights with gecko-inspired tank robot (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a tank-like robot that has the ability to scale smooth walls, opening up a series of applications ranging from inspecting pipes, buildings, aircraft and nuclear ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analysis of the First Kepler SETI Observations

As the Kepler space telescope begins finding its first Earth-sized exoplanets, with the ultimate goal of finding ones that are actually Earth-like, it would seem natural that the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 49

Wolfram Alpha shows flights overhead

Wolfram Alpha, the online search service launched two years ago, now lets inquiring minds in the United States find out what flights happen to be overhead at any given moment.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 21

SETI's telescopes to go back online, resuming hunt for alien life

This week the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute announced that it had raised more than $200,000 from a crowd-sourced fundraising effort that launched earlier this spring. The money, which came from ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 27

Madrid duo fire up quantum contender to Google search

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Madrid scientists from The Complutense University think they have an algorithm that may impact the nature of the world's leading search engine. In essence, they are saying Hey, world, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Goldilocks moons

The search for extraterrestrial life outside our Solar System is currently focused on extrasolar planets within the ‘habitable zones’ of exoplanetary systems around stars similar to the Sun. Finding ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

SETI telescope array suspends operations due to financial constraints

(PhysOrg.com) -- SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence group that has been using radio telescopes since the 1960’s to "listen" for signals from deep space that could prove the existence of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Researchers hope to use bugged bugs for search and rescue

(PhysOrg.com) -- While search and rescue dogs are currently used to help locate survivors of earthquakes or other disasters, new research hopes to make this job easier by turning to bugs. Insects have the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Google searches get smarter (Update)

Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter, in what the Internet giant called a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Google goes social with Facebook rival (Update)

Google, the king of Internet search but a bust on the social front, launched its rival to Facebook on Tuesday, a social networking service called Google+.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13