Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete for NASA Technology Prize

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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Sonja Alexander of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1202-358-1761, sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. Submitted by: yummytork | Visited 11 times | Comments 0

♦ Cassini Scientists For A Day

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Four students have won the Cassini Scientist for a Day contest, with most choosing Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, as the best place for scientists to study using NASA's Cassini spacecraft.Contest participants had to choose one of three target areas for Cassini's camera: Saturn's moon Enceladus, Rhea, or a section of Saturn's rings that includes the tiny moon Pan. Submitted by: shylesson - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Jamie Foxx and stylist settle lawsuit over fees

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Foxx needs no help getting dressed for trial — the actor has apparently reached a settlement with a former stylist who sued him. Documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles show that attorneys for stylist Stacy Young and Foxx have reached an undisclosed agreement. Young helped Foxx primp for the 2006 BET Awards and a press junket for the film Miami Vice. Submitted by: tony84 - Visited 54 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Activist shareholder calls for Icahn-Yahoo combo slate

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Amid much debate over Yahoo's future, activist shareholder Eric Jackson offered his own suggested slate of directors Monday, which includes four from fellow activist Carl Icahn's slate and five from Yahoo's. Jackson, who outlined his "Third Option for Yahoo" in a column in TheStreet.com, suggested the combo slate for several reasons. Submitted by: ssc325 - Visited 16 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Naipaul book nominated for prize

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prize winning writer VS Naipaul is among six books shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. The true story of a Victorian murder, a book on the lives of rooks and jackdaws and a chronicle of Stalin's Russia are also nominated. The winner, to be announced on 15 July, will receive £30,000 the UK's biggest prize for non-fiction. Submitted by: aaron_nimocks - Visited 0 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Alonso chasing Monaco hat-trick

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Renault's Fernando Alonso is targeting a hat-trick of wins at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix but conceded his former team McLaren go into the race as favourites. Alonso, who led home Lewis Hamilton for a McLaren one-two in 2007, hopes he can pull off a shock win for Renault. "This track will be good for us and a little opportunity to fight with the top teams," said the Spaniard. Submitted by: domainboom - Visited 21 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA Moon Capsule Running Late, Full of Problems

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2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. continue. associate administrator for exploration. a more complicated moon launch that also will involve unmanned rockets. an interview about an internal NASA report leaked to the Web site, Nasa Watch. financial and technical problems, which NASA says it can overcome. this early in the running, Cooke said. Submitted by: mvl - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Rose Tremain wins Orange prize

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LONDON (AP) — English writer Rose Tremain has won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women. The judges of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction awarded the prize to Tremain Wednesday for her novel, The Road Home , about an Eastern European migrant in Britain. Tremain set the novel in London and has said she wanted to draw out the individuality of an immigrant. Submitted by: me4you - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ See a huge moon illusion

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The moon illusion, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon. The effect is most pronounced at full moon. Many people swear it's real, suggesting that perhaps Earth's atmosphere magnifies the moon. But it really is all in our minds. The moon is not bigger at the horizon than when overhead. Submitted by: Tropica - Visited 8 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NASA Assigns Crew for Equipment Delivery Mission to Space Station

1 vote	To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: John Yembrick, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-3580602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov, or Kylie Clem, Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483-5111, kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov, both of NASA WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. Submitted by: GWebmaster - Visited 9 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ MobileMe is live (mostly), with bonus Apple TV support (Updated)

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As expected, the transition from.Mac to MobileMe began last night. A software update for MobileMe is available for some that will add OS integration for the MobileMe services, including an updated preference pane for setting sync preferences, iDisk access, and more. The description for the update simply reads, "The Mac OS X Update For MobileMe is recommended for users running Mac OS X Leopard 10. Submitted by: karl turnbull - Visited 57 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Man jailed for US-India arms scam

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A Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for conspiring to export sensitive military components to India. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, 47, pleaded guilty in March to a conspiracy charge before he was sentenced on Monday. He admitted to a scheme to conceal the true destination for electronic parts used in missile guidance systems. Submitted by: luckysam88 - Visited 15 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ 'Forbes': Vince Vaughn is best value for the money

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Vince Vaughn has starred in films such as The Break-up, Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball. NEW YORK (AP) Vince Vaughn is the best star for the buck, says Forbes magazine. Vaughn raked in $14.73 of gross income for studios for every dollar he was paid for The Break-up, Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball, the magazine calculated for its special entertainment issue, now on newsstands. Submitted by: Asif2BD - Visited 17 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Reality Competition Hosts To Be Honoured At 2008 Emmys

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Mad Men is leading the nominations after picking up 16 nods, the most nominations of any drama series, including Best Dramatic Series and Best Actor for its lead, Jon Hamm. Hamm will face actors Hugh Laurie, for House; Michael C. Hall, for Dexter; Gabriel Byrne, for In Treatment; Bryan Cranston, for Breaking Bad; and James Spader, for Boston Legal. Meanwhile... Submitted by: seeeecret - Visited 19 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Reading open to offers for Shorey

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Reading will sell Nicky Shorey if they receive an attractive offer for the 27-year-old England defender. Manager Steve Coppell has been warned that salaries must be cut and players sold if he wants new faces after the club's relegation to the Championship. Chief executive Nigel Howe told the Reading Evening Post: "Nicky has not been too happy for a long time. Submitted by: truongster - Visited 26 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ That's flashy: 100 explosions recorded on the Moon

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Not so long ago, anyone claiming to see flashes of light on the Moon would be viewed with deep suspicion by professional astronomers. Such reports were filed under "L"... for lunatic. Not anymore. Over the past two and a half years, NASA astronomers have observed the Moon flashing at them not just once but one hundred times. The impactor was a tiny fragment of extinct comet 2003 EH1. Submitted by: awcguy - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Bulls winger Tupou out for season

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Bradford Bulls winger Tame Tupou will miss the rest of the season. The 25-year-old New Zealand international needs an operation to repair his anterior cruciate ligament and will not play again this year. Bulls coach Steve McNamara said: "It's very disappointing for both the player and the club and it's another major injury for us. Submitted by: seoenhancer - Visited 44 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Environmentalists slam Sting for using a private jet

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Washington (ANI): British singer Sting has come under fire from environmental groups for chartering a jet for his own private use. The singer, a longtime campaigner for green issues, has now been accused of failing to do his bit for the environment by flying between Germany and London over the weekend. A spokesman for Leipzig airport, where he disembarked... Submitted by: mvmnt - Visited 24 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Robot snakes slither forward

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There's no doubt that many scientists are looking to nature for mechanical inspiration. This past spring we have seen robotic bugs, robo-fish, and perhaps even the promise of a robotic dolphin. For its design of a robot for use inside pipes, the SINTEF ICT part of the SINTEF Group, a Norway-based technology research company, was inspired by snakes. Submitted by: Cashable - Visited 19 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Strauss to cover for injured Cook

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Andrew Strauss will stay with England's squad for the second one-day match against New Zealand on Wednesday as cover for the injured Alastair Cook. Cook has been struggling with a right shoulder injury since the final Test at Trent Bridge over a week ago. He missed the Twenty20 victory over the Kiwis and was also ruled out of the first one-day match on Sunday, which England won by 114 runs. Submitted by: funforums - Visited 31 - Comments 0 - Write first comment