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April 1998

TECH TALK TUESDAY – CHINA GOES TO SPACE

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

The Americans and Russians are working together in space. And now the Chinese want to play, too! China plans to send a man into orbit to celebrate 50 years of the Republic.
Will they succeeed?

 

China Goes to Space 
by Chuck Wu 
On Oct.… Read the rest

TECH TALK TUESDAY – Weird Science Tools

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

It’s getting harder and harder to find things online! Then, when you do, it is an ad! But there may be a solution. A new search technology may be on the horizon.

New Search Tools 
by Bill Steele
ITHACA, N.Y. — The World Wide Web is an endless source of information, but with literally millions of pages posted by everyone from governments, universities and corporations to sixth-graders and conspiracy theorists, it’s getting harder and harder to find precisely the right information.… Read the rest

TECH TALK TUESDAY – ANCIENT SCIENCES

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

The art of astronomy may be a lot older than we thought!  Thousands of years ago, the Sahara was a jungle, and a strange collection of stones were lined up by the people who lived there.
Was this a 7,000 year old Stonehenge?… Read the rest