Topic: Green - on July 13, 2009 at 1:22:00 PM CEST
U2 criticised for world tour carbon footprint
Environmentalists claim the Irish stadium rockers' tour will create enough carbon to send Bono and the boys to Mars. Why not just send them to Mars?
U2's world tour might make an enormous impression with its giant claw, but the environmental impact is reportedly just as staggering. According to an environmental group, the band's 44 concert dates this year have the equivalent carbon footprint of a return flight to Mars. And U2 have the same number of shows planned for 2010.
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Topic: PHOTO - on July 13, 2009 at 1:19:00 PM CEST
Super-slow-motion pictures show soap bubble bursting in stunning detail
To the human eye the bursting of a bubble is a simple affair. One prod of a finger and - pop! - it's vanished in a split second.
But as these breathtaking pictures show, the process is spectacular - if only we could see it.
These images were taken with a slow-motion camera to show every stage of the soap bubble's disappearance.
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Topic: TV - on July 13, 2009 at 12:57:00 PM CEST
Deutsch für Nazis
NDR Extra3 hat eine neue Folge von “Deutsch für Nazis” veröffentlicht.
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Topic: Space - on July 13, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
Space Station Is Near Completion, Maybe the End
A number of times in recent weeks a bright, unblinking light has appeared in the night sky of the nation's capital: a spaceship. Longer than a football field, weighing 654,000 pounds, the spaceship moved swiftly across the heavens and vanished.
Fortunately, it was one of ours.
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Topic: NASA - on July 13, 2009 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
HOW TO: Experience the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Realtime
Did you know that in just 8 days, it will be the 40th anniversary of one of mankind’s greatest achievements? It was on July 20th, 1969 that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to set foot on a celestial body beyond the earth. And while astronauts now make regular trips to space (although not today, due to mother nature), the Apollo 11 mission and the famous Armstrong line still live on as turning points in human history.
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