Futuristic Movie Timeline
| May 13, 2011
Month: May 2011
Free In-Broswer Angry Birds From Google
| May 13, 2011
If you head on over to the Chrome Web Store you can get Angry Birds for free. It is free, it installs right in your browser and even has custom Google levels.
Kings (And Queens) Of The World: Where Monarchies Still Exist
| May 13, 2011
The British royal family never seems to lack attention from the press — witness the hype surrounding the marriage of Prince William, second in line to the throne, and Kate Middleton. Queen Elizabeth’s rule does extend across the world; she’s the sovereign of 15 Commonwealth realms in addition to the United Kingdom. But she’s not the only royal out there. Here, a look at where monarchies — and sultanates and emirates, which are similar systems — still exist around the world.
Windfarms paid cash to stop producing energy
| May 13, 2011
Six Scottish windfarms were paid up to £300,000 to stop producing energy, it has emerged. The turbines, at a range of sites across Scotland, were stopped because the grid network could not absorb all the energy they generated.
Details of the payments emerged following research by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF). The REF said energy companies were paid £900,000 to halt the turbines for several hours between 5 and 6 April.
Life and the Cosmos, Word by Painstaking Word
| May 12, 2011
At the age of 21, the British physicist Stephen Hawking was found to have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease. While A.L.S. is usually fatal within five years, Dr. Hawking lived on and flourished, producing some of the most important cosmological research of his time.
In the 1960s, with Sir Roger Penrose, he used mathematics to explicate the properties of black holes. In 1973, he applied Einstein’s general theory of relativity to the principles of quantum mechanics. And he showed that black holes were not completely black but could leak radiation and eventually explode and disappear, a finding that is still reverberating through physics and cosmology.
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Introducing Google Music
| May 12, 2011
Google music Beta lets you upload your personal music collection to listen anywhere, keep everything in sync, and forget the hassle of cables and files. Sign in to request an invite at http://music.google.com
