Top 10 Plants to Remove Indoor Air Pollution Effectively
Common indoor houseplants may provide a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. The plants in your office or home are not only decorative, but NASA scientists are finding them surprisingly useful in absorbing potentially harmful gases and cleaning the air inside modern buildings. A sophisticated pollution-absorbing device: the common indoor plant may provide a natural way of helping combat "Sick Building Syndrome".Research into the use of biological process...› Continue reading
Selecting a software package - the needs analysis
So now you have your needs analysis done. Put it in a drawer for a couple of days and do something else, and then pull it out again and go through it. Be harsh with your evaluations to determine whether the 'must haves' really are must haves. I've seen needs analysis that were for relatively simple projects that put them into the NASA league, and believe you me - you don't want to go there. You end up with a very very narrow scope of potential candidates and end up turning blind eyes to better a...› Continue reading
How to select a package - the first steps
When you are looking to implement any software package, the first step is what is called a needs analysis. It can be a complicated process for many organizations, but in essence what you are tring to do is to make sure that the software fits in with what you need it to do, and works in a way that is compatible with your organization. The second part of this cannot be understated, as the best software in the world will not work in your place of business if it doesn't fit in with the mindset of th...› Continue reading
Weird Science - The Inner Workings Of The National Science
The National Science Foundation is an independent government agency in the United States. The National Science Foundation is responsible for providing support to basic science research, which is primarily accomplished through research funding. The National Science Foundation mostly provides research funding in the form of grants. These grants are most often given in the form of individual grants to graduate students and professors. In fact, with an annual budget of approximately $5.5 billion, t...› Continue reading
NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching :Travel The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching :Travel The Great Barrier Reef in Australia From: http://australiatravelaustralia.blogspot.com/2007/07/nasa-helps-monitor-bleaching-travel_05.html The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands that stretch for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) and cover an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (132,974 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queenslan...› Continue reading
Mars - Planet of Sex and Energy
Mars named for the Roman God of war shows how we express our energy, our ambition, assertiveness and sex drive. As Mars is so indicative of our ambition and our drive to succeed it is often a useful indicator of how someone will react in a working environment. It is said that woman are strongly attracted to a partner whose Sun sign matches the sign that resides in Mars in her chart. For men it is said that they are drawn to women whose Sun sign matches the sign that resides in Venus in his char...› Continue reading
We are Going to Live on Mars
Good news is hard to come by these days. But alas there is one. Man will soon be living on the red planet Mars. The Journey started on a good foot. The space rocket Spirit successfully landed on the planet. It began photographing and digging up Mars and sending messages back to the earth that will soon be vacated. And there is back slapping and clicking of glasses as we drink our wines. And we pray for Spirit and her sister rocket to discover water (we need it badly) and peharps some demand mi...› Continue reading
Space Age Classroom Science Experiments
By Tim Van Milligan Are you looking for some topics to present that can add excitement to your science classroom? Rocketry and space exploration, like no other subject, have a way to captivate students that makes it easy for them to learn science. They are having so much fun, that they don't even realize they are learning basic science concepts. To leverage the benefits of this area of study, you can use your school's computer to explore a lot of different science topics. In the January 2005 is...› Continue reading
The Moon
Going to the moon again is causing far more controversy today than it could have back in the sixties. Some Americans doubt we can afford it and others are not sure they have seen the "giant leap for mankind" that the first moon shot promised. It depends on who you ask but don't dare ask me. I didn't think the first moon landing had much significance for reasons that few people share with me. President Bush announced an ambitious plan to return to the moon by 2013-15 near the birthplace of modern...› Continue reading
Make a wish on Titan and send it to your friends
A new type of eCard simulates science news webpage Recently a piece of news is widely spread on internet. It announces that NASA scientists have found mysterious characters on the rock of Titan and it might be the sign of civilization having existed on the planet. Bob Rowntree received this URL link (http://www.uuswap.com/ecard_titan.php) from her girl friend on MSN this morning. When he felt suspicious about the trueness of the source, with an accidental click on the picture, Dave saw his name ...› Continue reading
NASA Technology Used In e-Commerce?
NASA was established more than 50 years ago and has been a world leader in studies of our home planet. In October 2005 NASA decided to share their series of the stunning 'Blue Marble' images. The satellite photos were divided into 12 calendar months and provided a detailed overview at an entire year in the life of our planet. Each image took up 10 Gigabytes of hard disk space. To be able to understand how much 10 Gigabytes really is, you can think of that each image consists of 5000 pictures tak...› Continue reading
The History of the Omega Moon Watch and Nasa
The Omega Moon Watch is the only timepiece in the world certified for space flight by NASA. The process the watch underwent to achieve this certification was an enduring one, that would ultimately lead to the iconic status it carries today. As the first time piece to ever be taken into space, The Omega Speedmaster Professional made history on Wally Schirra's wrist aboard Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) on October 3rd 1962. The Omega Speedmaster Professional was chosen by NASA from a pool of 4 other...› Continue reading
If Nasa Can Launch The Space Shuttle, Then You Can Become A
The recent mission of the space shuttle Discovery is NASA's first return to space since the Columbia shuttle accident in Feb/03. Why is this important to you? Well, for one thing it reminds me of an old quote you might be familiar with: "If they can put a man on the moon, then..." But, most important it stands for you achieving your goals. If NASA can launch the space shuttle, then you can achieve your goals. Trust me on this, NASA's goals are probably bigger that yours and they are achieving th...› Continue reading
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