Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth. Video picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area. Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor". picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: "Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that ... read full post picked by thephrog 2 years ago

Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area picked by maxriter 11 months ago

In response to this post, Sony is making up for the PS3 profit losses with their other products. $3.5 billion profit for fiscal year 2007 will more than make up for the $1.3 billion loss on PS3 hardware. picked by punthe 2 months ago

A Gardnerville man said he found an 1,800-pound meteorite in Douglas County using a device that detects radio signals from minerals. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A comprehensive guide to meteorite identification. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Scientists located a rare meteorite in a Kansas wheat field that fell to Earth aprox 10,000 years ago with some unusual properties picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

So California once again finds themselves with a budget shortfall of a Billion Dollars. That is a lot of zeros!
California cannabis growers/dealers plead to have their product legalized and taxed. They assure that thier product alone will raise at least the full billion dollars missing in tax revenues, preventing the closing of any government service picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Researchers estimate that millions of pets, animal parts and meats are covertly smuggled across the border totaling a $10 billion industry, second only to illegal drugs. picked by 1krazykorean 11 months ago

Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. The catch? He did it all alone. What could one man need $7 Billion for?

...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste." picked by muppetmaker 7 months ago

A former senior accountant at Oral Roberts University alleges that more than $1 billion annually was inappropriately funneled through the school. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

In a study published in the recent issue of Science, researchers collected samples from eucrites found in Antarctica believed to have originated from Vesta. The researchers revealed that asteroid’s boiling rock turned solid and crystallized within less than 10 million years of solar system formation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A hoard of dinosaur bones has been discovered at the site of a planned desalination plant meant to deliver Australia's second biggest city from drought, forcing a re-think of the A$3 billion ($2.7 billion) project. The fossilised bones, estimated to be 115 million years old and belonging to dinosaurs and ancient marine reptiles, were found on a windswept beach in front of the planned project at Po... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

In the last two weeks alone, Iraq has made purchase requests totaling $10.9 billion.

And now comes a purchase request coming in at $2.16 billion. So just what does $2.16 billion buy us theses days?? Well according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency: picked by hmtksteve 1 week ago

Samples taken from the Tagish Lake meteorite, discovered in 2000, have revealed evidence of organic matter that predates our Sun and Solar System, according to the study, published in today's edition of the U.S. journal Science. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Global warming will create at least 1 billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Utah-based Anti-Spam company Unspam Technologies has filed a one billion dollar lawsuit on behalf of over twenty thousand internet users. The suit was filed in Virginia under the CAN-SPAM Act and Virginia law. The question that comes to mind is exactly who is the lawsuit aimed at? picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion. picked by shredtone 1 year ago