A plethora of latest results from the Hinode solar observatory contains a wealth of new discoveries. This includes the discovery of a source of the slow solar wind and the observation of a superhot micro flare. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from. The mysterious source of this antimatter has now been discovered -- stars getting ripped apart by neutron stars and black holes. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Scientists has identified a new likely source of a spike in atmospheric methane coming out of the North during the end of the last ice age. Methane bubbling from arctic lakes could have been responsible for up to 87 percent of that methane spike. The findings could help scientists understand how current warming might affect atmospheric levels of methane, a gas that is thought to contribute to clim... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Princeton scientists confirm long-held theory about source of sunshine. picked by Neiako 11 months ago

"The watermarks are unique to each device and will make it possible for investigators to identify the source of pirated videos." picked by Cristian 1 year ago

Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best Mac software that we know of. picked by Johnny21J 1 year ago

"Reading this, your body at rest is emitting about 100 watts into the environment. If you're sitting in an open plan office, count the number of surrounding colleagues and you don't need to be a maths genius to appreciate the possibilities of tapping into all that wasted energy. Instead it could provide a renewable energy source to power office lighting or laptops - and it may be possible ... read full post picked by Jetka 5 months ago

The possibilities are endless with the new Openmoko Linux-based cell phone picked by veronla21 3 weeks ago

Scientists in California have uncovered the best evidence yet that cosmic dust in the early universe mostly came from the explosions of giant stars. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Neuros Technology International, creator of a new video recorder, is providing full documentation of the hardware platform for its recorder, the Neuros OSD (for open source device), so that skilled users can customize or “hack” the device — and then pass along the improvements to others. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Pligg is an open source digg-clone. Pligg is free software and is based on PHP/MySQL and seems quite popular. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

This article talks about Microsoft and their Open Source AJAX project. picked by agent014 10 months ago

This is THE best planetarium software I have seen yet. Real time BEAUTIFUL view of the night sky on your PC. Just set your location and time, and bam. Lots of really nice options as well. It really helped me locate Comet Holmes a LOT easier! Windows, Mac OS X, Debian, Ubuntu and downloadable source code! picked by Moe 9 months ago

Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source – menstrual blood. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

A *Huge* list of Free Windows Open Source Software Apps picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Souns almost like the concept behind Plime, but this time it's about Neuros Technology's new open source PVR. picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

An excellent wikipedia portal which contains links to many, many free (often open source) programs. It is all organized by category, and is an excellent resource for pretty much anything you don't already have on your computer. picked by FallingToaster 2 years ago

Noodle Tools will ask all the information needed from your source, and then return an MLA or APA style citation for you to copy and paste. picked by groggie 2 years ago

Newly launched photoshop tutorial blog - a place to get inspired or download the latest web 2.0 style graphic elements in an opensource psd file. Great designs and easy to follow tutorials. picked by hyperlogo 2 years ago

What is the absolute best that the open source model has to offer? The term is usually applied to software specifically, but I'd like to use it here to refer to any community developed project whose collaborative efforts are freely available to all to use and/or modify in any not-for-profit manner; This could include content, health, politics, religion, media, etc.. picked by cthulhuguru 1 year ago