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Bill Gates Vehicle

William Gates III

Rank on Forbes.com 2006 World’s Billionaires List: 1
Net Worth: $50 billion
Vehicles Owned: 1999 Porsche 911 Convertible (pictured above); 1988 Porsche 959 Coupe
Source: State of Washington Department of Licensing

Microsoft founder, philanthropist and self-proclaimed “nerd” William Gates III vents his software stress behind the wheel of two Porsches. His daily driver, a 1999 Porsche 911 […]

Black hole

source: www.wikipedia.com
A black hole is a region of space in which the gravitational field is so powerful that nothing can escape after having fallen past the event horizon. The name comes from the fact that even electromagnetic radiation (e.g. light) is unable to escape, rendering the interior invisible. However, black holes can be detected if […]

Muddying the Water? Orbiter drains confidence from fluid story of Mars

source: www.sciencenews.org
Ron Cowen
Evidence for liquid water on some parts of Mars—now or in the past—looks leakier than researchers had supposed, according to an analysis of the sharpest images ever taken of the Red Planet from orbit. But in other places, the new images bolster the case that water once flowed.

WATERING HOLE? Photo of Mars’ 60-kilometer-wide […]

Hillary Clinton Compares Bush to Alfred E. Neuman

source:http://politicalhumor.about.com 
Sen. Hillary Clinton brought partisan sniping to a new level when she likened President Bush to the world’s most famous doofus. “I sometimes feel that Alfred E. Neuman is in charge in Washington,” Clinton said in a speech in Aspen, Colo., referring to Mad Magazine’s freckle-faced icon. She drew a laugh from the crowd as […]