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July 23, 1956: Bell X-2 Sets Aircraft Speed Mark 1956: A Bell X-2 rocket plane sets the record for fastest speed by an aircraft, reaching Mach 2.87, or more than 1,900 mph, 60,000 feet above the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The X-2 Starbuster, an experimental plane built by Bell Aircraft to test stability and c Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 23, 1956: Bell X-2 Sets Aircraft Speed Mark 1956: A Bell X-2 rocket plane sets the record for fastest speed by an aircraft, reaching Mach 2.87, or more than 1,900 mph, 60,000 feet above the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The X-2 Starbuster, an experimental plane built by Bell Aircraft to test stability and c Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon 1958: President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plot had thickened months before. Beep … beep … beep … They were steady, almost metronomic, signals coming from a tiny radio b Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon 1958: President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plot had thickened months before. Beep … beep … beep … They were steady, almost metronomic, signals coming from a tiny radio b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks 1952: Television makes its first foray into predicting a presidential election based on computer analysis of early returns. The Univac computer makes an incredibly accurate projection that the network doesn't think credible. The Univac, or Universal Automatic Computer, was the next- Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks 1952: Television makes its first foray into predicting a presidential election based on computer analysis of early returns. The Univac computer makes an incredibly accurate projection that the network doesn't think credible. The Univac, or Universal Automatic Computer, was the next- Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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July 18, 1876: Royal Commissioners Wrinkle Their Noses 1876: The British government appoints a Royal Commission on Noxious Vapours to look into the growing problem of industrial air pollution. Its report two years later would bring better regulation but warn of impeding economic growth. England had been trying to do something about air qua Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 18, 1876: Royal Commissioners Wrinkle Their Noses 1876: The British government appoints a Royal Commission on Noxious Vapours to look into the growing problem of industrial air pollution. Its report two years later would bring better regulation but warn of impeding economic growth. England had been trying to do something about air qua Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty' 1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation. Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, i Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty' 1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation. Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Dec. 1, 1952: Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty 1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation. Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, i Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Dec. 1, 1952: Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty 1952: It's front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful sex-change operation. Jorgensen, who grew up in the Bronx, in her words, a "frail, tow-headed, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Feeding the Masses: Data In, Crop Predictions Out Farmer's Almanac is finally obsolete. Last October, agricultural consultancy Lanworth not only correctly projected that the US Department of Agriculture had overestimated the nation's corn crop, it nailed the margin: roughly 200 million bushels. That's just 1.5 percent fewer kernels but still Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Feeding the Masses: Data In, Crop Predictions Out Farmer's Almanac is finally obsolete. Last October, agricultural consultancy Lanworth not only correctly projected that the US Department of Agriculture had overestimated the nation's corn crop, it nailed the margin: roughly 200 million bushels. That's just 1.5 percent fewer kernels but still Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Genuine Parts Is Genuinely Ho-Hum Genuine Parts' future quarters could tell us more about auto parts sales in a slipping economy. Home > Rss Directory > General > Motley Fool |
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A Genuine Article - New York Times Wall Street Journal BlogsA Genuine ArticleNew York Times- 1 hour agoBy Tobin Harshaw With everyone focused on Barack Obama’s imminent vice-presidential announcement, his scholarship is even further on the back burner than ever.Obama wrote on abortion views in 19 Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Corn Crop on Track for a Near-Record Harvest After an extremely worrisome start that fanned fears of famine and economic devastation, the nation’s most crucial crop is on track for a bountiful harvest, the government said Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Sean Penn cream of crop as ‘Milk’ - Boston Herald Boston GlobeSean Penn cream of crop as ‘Milk’Boston Herald- 54 minutes agoBy James Verniere / Movies NEW YORK - Feeling “Lucky”? At the 43rd annual voting session of the National Society of Film Critics, Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky” led the field with f Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Expect iPhone, Fourth of July scams, security firm says 4Apple's launch of its new iPhone 3G will produce a flurry of spam and scams, a security company warned Thursday.Users should also expect a Storm botnet campaign this weekend that touts the Fourth of July holida Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama Raises Over $51 Million in July - New York Times AFPObama Raises Over $51 Million in JulyNew York Times- 1 hour agoBy SARAH WHEATON and WILLIAM BARDENWERPER The Obama campaign said on Saturday that it received more than $51 million in July - including contributions from 65000 new donors - slightly less than the prev Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |