Mark Willis [DeathMark | DrMong]

Mars - life possible.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Finding more familiar than alien chemical elements, NASA scientists today [June 26] announced that their initial analysis found that Martian soil could support life. Scientists on Wednesday received the first test results from the wet chemistry laboratory on the Mars Lander, which is using a robotic arm to dig a shallow ...

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The PS3 has lost Sony 351 Billion Yen.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

... or $3.3 Billion USD. In the company's fiscal 2008 annual report, Sony revealed that they've now lost roughly $3.3 billion (that's billion with a B) on the Playstation 3 since its launch. That breaks down to $2.16 billion in 2007, followed by a notably smaller but equally daunting $1.16 billion ...

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Boy, 13, hangs himself after being denied his Wii.

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A boy of 13 hanged himself with his school tie after his father confiscated a computer game. Jake Roberts wanted to play it on his Nintendo Wii console but couldn't because his sister was watching TV. An argument developed and when his father confiscated the game Jake stormed to his room. Hours ...

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Oh hi! I’m 7 miles above Earth.

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

American Airlines says customers will be able to test in-flight Internet access on two flights beginning Wednesday, with broader service expected to begin in the following couple of weeks. Once it's running, AA says it will cost ~$10/$12 depending on flight length to connect to the internet. Say on a Trans-Atlantic Boeing ...

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Tiny Island’s REVOLUTIONARY WAR…

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

...well there was no war, but the island has got it's independence from the UK. LONDON (Reuters) - The owner of a tiny island in off Scotland declared its independence from the United Kingdom on Saturday [21st June], saying he wanted the territory, population one, to be a crown dependency like the Channel ...

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Co-op crush.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Belfast, Northern Ireland. Police are investigating a crash in which a £30,000 SUV ended up parked on top of two other cars, one of them a Porsche sports car worth up to £45,000 ($88,500). It happened at about 1700 BST in the car park of the Co-Op supermarket on Belfast's Lisburn Road. It ...

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Neanderthals were ‘advanced’.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

According to Neanderthal tools that were dug up in England, they had advanced technology for their time. Neanderthals inhabited the plains of Europe and parts of Asia as far back as 230,000 years ago. They disappeared from the fossil record more than 20,000 years ago, a few thousand years after modern humans appeared ...

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The Large Hadron Collider | END OF THE WORLD?!

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100 m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionise ...

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India monkey god idol for Obama

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

A group of Indians are planning to present a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group decided to order the idol after they read a magazine report saying that Mr Obama carried a good luck 'monkey king' charm. They say that a Barack ...

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First Female 4-Star General.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The U.S. Army Materiel Command welcomed its new deputy commanding general during a ceremony Tuesday [17th June] morning at AMC headquarters on Fort Belvoir. Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody is AMC's 43rd DCG and the first woman to hold the position, following Lt. Gen. William E. Mortensen, who retired Monday. Dunwoody was ...

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