Deepwater Horizon
Posted 2 years ago, mid-May
Some statistics from last night’s 60 Minutes feature on the oil spill in the Gulf.
Articles in the “news” category
The tragic story of Yeardley Love
Posted 2 years ago, mid-May
This is such a heart-breaking story. Lacrosse didn’t have a great name before, but this, combined with the “Duke Scandal of 2006″, certainly doesn’t help the sport’s image. Sports Illustrated Magazine: When they resumed working out on Thursday, nine days before the NCAA championships were to begin, the women were missing the speedy and clever [...]
Skydiving from space
Posted 2 years ago, at the end of March
Austrian Felix Baumgartner is planning to skydive from a balloon 121,000 feet (23 miles) above Earth’s surface. Insanity. What is it like to fall from space? According to Kittinger, who’s now working on the Stratos team, it’s surprisingly peaceful. With little air resistance, there’s almost no sensation of falling at high altitudes. “There’s no sound, [...]
Obama Calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program
Posted 2 years ago, at the start of February
This still has to go through Congress and a million hoops, but The NYTimes reports: President Obama is calling on NASA to cancel the program that was to return humans to the Moon by 2020, and focus instead on radically new space technologies. Mr. Obama’s 2010 budget proposal for NASA asks for $18 billion over [...]
Air New Zealand ‘revolutionizes’ coach cabins
Posted 2 years ago, at the end of January
On Air New Zealand’s new 777: When the so-called “friendly skies” are mentioned, a few airlines in particular come to mind: Virgin America, Singapore Airlines and Qantas, for starters. Starting today, you can safely include Air New Zealand in that discussion. In a bid to turn long-haul international travel on its head, the outfit has [...]
