Elliptical Machines | November 12, 2010
Citizen scientists are being asked to hunt for supernovas in the latest incarnation of the Galaxy Zoo project A few years ago, astronomers found themselves burdened with a tricky problem. Having surveyed the night skies in a project known as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, they were faced with the giant task of analysing the images of the million or so galaxies that the survey had spotted.
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Elliptical Machines | January 30, 2009
New types of killer robots and a science-inspired conception of post-apocalyptic Earth are helping McG turn Terminator Salvation into an eye-scorching sci-fi flick. The director knows it will take considerable polish to restore the franchise’s sheen in the wake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s much-maligned 2003 swan song, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. And he cheerfully acknowledges that some observers initially questioned the wisdom of reviving the Terminator franchise with him at th
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