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Gadgets

Sega Genesis/Saturn Lighters, Or Why Sonic No Longer Runs 5Ks

11:40PM Mark Wilson | It’s easy to think, hey, America and Japan aren’t so different! Then Sega licenses fantastic, official Genesis/Saturn lighters ($US114). And I can’t even begin to imagine the Truth campaign that would stem from the controversy here. [Net-you via Kotaku]
Science

New Gigantic, Glowing Saturn Ring Discovered

2:12AM Jesus Diaz | See that tiny dot in the middle of that ring? That’s Saturn. And the newly-discovered glowing ring is 13.4 million miles in diameter. The proverbial 360kg gorilla has been discovered by the Spitzer Space Telescope, leaving every single astronomer speechless. More »
Science

What Is This?

5:30AM Jack Loftus | Ready for some mystery? The answer is… we don’t know! More »
Science

Cassini Keeps Sending Beautiful Images of Saturn

11:30PM Jesus Diaz | Major Tom to ground control: I took my protein pills, I’m floating the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today. I’m past 100,000 miles, but Saturn still looks so beautiful, anyway. More »
Gadgets

The Evolution of Technology Ends In Steaming Hot Androids

12:15AM Jesus Diaz | According to this amazing ad, the evolution of the technology species will end in gorgeous, half-naked fembots. YES! More »
Science

Happy Birthday Saturn V, Still The Biggest Rocket of All

3:00AM Kit Eaton | November 9, 1967, T-minus 8.9 seconds: Thousands of gallons of kerosene and liquid oxygen begin coursing through the giant centre F1 rocket engine: The Saturn V’s ignition sequence has begun. Next, two outer engines are lit, followed 300 milliseconds later by the other two, ignited in pairs to avoid toppling the 364-foot rocket above. Nine seconds after all five engines go to full thrust, the first Saturn V rocket begins to lift from the launchpad, taking the unmanned Apollo 4 check-out module into space. More »
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Cassini Probe To Be Used to Look For Life on Saturn Moon

9:29PM Kit Eaton | NASA is considering re-purposing its successful Cassini-Huygens probe to do something that it wasn’t designed for, but is nonetheless amazing: searching for signs of life on Saturns frozen moon Enceladus. Back in July 2005 Cassini observed a huge plume of ice particles and water vapour shooting from the tiny moon, suggesting the possibility that there’s a liquid ocean hiding beneath its surface. More »