It can sometimes take no more than three seconds for a Christmas tree to become fully engulfed in flames. ...more

December 8, 2009

A group of scary-smart engineering students spent the past months cobbling together a 4-pound assembly of circuit boards, instruments, computers, batteries and barometer they will set loose today in hopes of reaching the thin edge of space 20 miles high. ...more

January 17, 2009

A group of scary-smart engineering students spent the past months cobbling together a 4-pound assembly of circuit boards, instruments, computers, batteries and barometer they will set loose Saturday in hopes of reaching the thin edge of space 20 miles high. ...more

January 15, 2009

Having Problem With That Boat Starter? Many of us who live on the canals used to get access to Lake Grassy in Sun 'N Lakes, south of Lake Placid, really have little use of our boats until we get a substantial amount of rain. It is hard to imagine how much rain it will take to fill the lake to its normal level, which is almost four feet above the present level. However, I still want to keep my boat running in case it ever rains. Here's a tip if you have found that your boat is getting hard to start or the battery seems to be a bit low, as was my problem a few weeks ago when I tried to warm up the 20-year-old engine. ...more

May 22, 2008

NASA on Thursday delayed the flight of space shuttle Atlantis until late January or, more likely, February to replace a suspect connector in the fuel tank. ...more

January 4, 2008

IBM Corp. says it has developed a greener method for recycling precious silicon that is wasted during computer chip manufacturing. ...more

October 30, 2007

Expose young people to enough science and engineering, and they might invent a miracle machine. ...more

September 30, 2007