Ferrofluid is a very interesting material originally developed by NASA it has now found itself been used for a whole range of devices including dampers for controlling and stabilizing large building that move around in the wind. It is amazing...
Why is Windows so crappy? Read the explanation straight from the head of development since 1992. Not actually a .NET blog (at least they try to make the brainwash not so evident)
an open, free directory of species. This will cover animalia, plantae, fungi, bacteria, archaea, protista and all other forms of life to the extent that our users allow us.
K. Kakusho, T. Kitahashi, K. Kondo, and J. Latombe. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on, (22-25 Oct 1995)