syfer's popurls

Jul 02

200-Year-Old Cipher Finally Cracked

Attila Dimedici writes A code expert just cracked a code used by a friend of Thomas Jefferson in a letter written to Jefferson some 200 years ago. This code is fairly easy to crack using a computer, but extremely difficult without one. I think it wou // slashdot.org

Lunar Probe Sends First High-Res Images

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun producing high-resolution and wide-angle images of the moon's surface. // wired.com

BBC - Earth News - Ant mega-colony takes over world

hypecount: 10 | seeded by | twittersphere.com // bbc.co.uk

Comets Probably Seeded Earth's Nitrogen Atmosphere

KentuckyFC writes One of the biggest puzzles of astrobiology is the origin of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. One favored theory is that our water is the leftovers from a bombardment of comets early in Earth's history. But the ratio of hydrogen an // slashdot.org