[Science] Hawaii clears land use for the Thirty Meter Telescope, construction to start in 2014

Hawaii clears land use for the Thirty Meter Telescope, construction to start in 2014
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/worlds-largest-telescope-gets-hawaii-nod/article4614290.ece
The Thirty Meter Telescope has been under development for more than a decade, but the sheer amount of land needed on Hawaii's Mauna Kea for its namesake main mirror has proved problematic: locals have formally challenged the multi-university effort ...

Bot Like Me: Illah Reza Nourbakhsh's “Robot Futures”
http://www.toledoblade.com/Technology/2013/04/14/BC-GENTLER-ROBOTS-ART-ADV31-TRIMS-NYT.html
IN 1920, THE CZECH SCIENCE FICTION writer Karel Capek introduced the world to the word “robot.” In his play R.U.R, robots are not exactly the gleaming machines they would become in later science fiction; they are, rather, subhuman creatures composed ...

NASA's Wallops Island Prepares for the Spotlight
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/NASAs+Wallops+Island+facility+prepares+global+closeup+with/8239510/story.html
Share. 0. On one of Virginia's small barrier islands, a NASA facility that operates in relative obscurity outside scientific circles is preparing to be thrust into the spotlight.

Largest wasps nest: 22-Foot Nest breaks Guinness world record
http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/nature/largest_wasps_nest_22-Foot_Nest_breaks_Guinness_world_record_213346.html
MADRID, Spain -- A 22ft (seven metre) long wasps nest has been discovered in an abandoned house by police officers in San Sebastian de La Gomera on the island of Tenerife after a series of calls from concerned neighbours; it sets the new world record for ...

CU-Boulder to receive $36 million from NASA for space weather mission
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/04/12/cu-boulder-receive-36-million-nasa-space-weather-mission
The University of Colorado Boulder will receive roughly $36 million from NASA to build and operate a space instrument for a mission led by the University of Central Florida that will study Earth's upper atmosphere to learn more about the disruptive effects of ...

Ore. wildlife refuges popular with birders
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Ore-wildlife-refuges-popular-with-birders-4428443.php
SALEM, Ore. - Come the beginning of April, there's one place longtime bird-watcher Tim Johnson wants to visit. Advertisement. Related Stories & Links.