Science Fact

[SimonG]

Agreed, and more often than not usually found in the red-top tabloids.

[SimonG]

The SpaceX Dragon capsule has made history, becoming the first privately-owned delivery ship to rendezvous with the International Space Station.

[SimonG]

After all the Team GB antics over the weekend, how about a geekgasm thanks to the Timeline of the MSL Curiosity Rover Landing on Mars!

[Pie Man 70]

And a big well done to all at NASA etc who managed to make this work. I was sure something woudl go wrong (So many stages all on auto)

[Waylander]

it's great about Mars Rover - and the pictures are already coming through too




sorry - couldn't resist

[SimonG]

Another Sci-Fi cliché comes true, almost(!), as a Rogue Planet has been discovered!

[Basileus]

Such a simple idea - I hope as big as the clock-work radio for the inventors.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12...gravity_light/

The kit includes an LED lamp and a sack that is filled with sand, rocks or whatever is to hand. The bag is attached to a rope threaded through a mechanism that generates the electricity: after pulling the sack up, it slowly descends, feeding the chord through the machine and powering the electric dynamo.