Comment Sirius (Score 1) 104
Isn't Sirius observable in the Northern Hemisphere as well? Why the article sounded as if you can only see it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Comment Re:Destroyed... (Score 2) 894
Even if you don't want to read the linked article, you should at least take a quick look of the summary quoted in Slashdot:
'They said this is an agriculture item,' said Razgui, who was not present when his bag was opened. 'I fly with them in and out all the time and this is the first time there has been a problem. This is my life.' When his baggage arrived in Boston, the instruments were gone. He was instead given a number to call.
Comment Hard to enforce (Score 1) 528
It will be very hard to enforce. You can always accidentally 'lose' your phone or computer which contains those pictures. Then someone would 'inadvertently' post those pictures somewhere just for fun. It will be hard to prove that it is for revenge.
Comment Re:You must be at that awkward age... (Score 2) 459
It also has an added bonus that you now have a written proof of the conversions in the email trail. So they cannot deny that they never said this or that. It is important in some sectors of the corporate world.
Collision of Two Asteroids Spotted For the First Time 31
sciencehabit writes "Astronomers report that a small asteroid located in the inner asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter took a major hit early last year. Previously rendered only in artists' conceptions, the first asteroid collision known in modern times revealed itself in a tail of debris streaming from what astronomers at first assumed was a comet. Instead of a steady stream of dust, however, they found boulders near the object with dust moving away from them."
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