"To understand the future we need technology, and the mind and soul must be deprived of individualism, materialism, mysticism and cruelty. Together we must make an important step, to accept these new things. Do not simply accept, but search and study with perseverance down to the depth of any field ... and find the correct answers."

Don't lose any sleep over it, but astronomers suspect that hundreds of medium-sized black holes are roaming loose in the Milky Way. These rogues, according to a new study, are the orphaned central black holes of the many smaller galaxies that the Milky Way has swallowed over its billions of years of existence. If one of them is discovered, it could provide important clues about the evolution of our galaxy.

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is bound for the space station in late 2010
NASA is planning for one extra space shuttle mission to ferry the $300-million Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the space station in late 2010. Though Congress has authorized the mission, it has not yet allocated the funds to NASA for the flight.

"Man... is still as he was. He's still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive.  And, he has built a society along these lines." Quote from: Jiddu Krishnamurti

These electronic circuits can bend, stretch, and even curve into a spiral.
Defying the term hardware, electrical engineers and materials scientists have developed electronic circuits that can bend, extend, and even twist into a spiral.