April 1998

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

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 SteeleITHACA, 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

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