500-Horsepower Plug-In Porsche Makes Us Swoon
As we said, Porsche’s making some big big claims with the 918 Spyder, saying it will do zero to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds, top out at 198 mph and lap the famed Nurburgring in 7.5 minutes, beating even the incredible Carrera GT. All that acceleration comes from the aforementioned V-8 and an electric motor at each end putting down a combined 218 horsepower. Porsche cites 500 horsepower for the car, and we’re guessing that includes the engine and motors combined. That engine, by the way, was pulled from the RS Spyder race-car parts bin and reworked for the 918.
sweetness…
March 2nd, 2010
Millions of Tons of Water Ice Found at Moon’s North Pole
A moon probe has found millions of tons of water on the moon’s north pole, NASA reported Monday. The vast source of water could one day be used to generate oxygen or sustain a moon base.
A NASA radar aboard India’s Chandrayaan-I lunar orbiter found 40 craters, ranging in size from 1 to 9 miles across, with pockets of ice. Scientists estimate at least 600 million tons of ice could be entombed in these craters.
March 2nd, 2010
67 Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Found Eating Baby Dinosaurs
Scientists have found a 67 million-year-old fossil of a snake coiled around dinosaur eggs and a hatchling. This is the first evidence of snakes eating dinosaurs.
“It’s a stunning, once-in-a-lifetime find,” said paleontologist Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago, who was not involved in the study. “We’ve caught one of the rarest moments in the fossil record, which is prey and predator, together.”
March 2nd, 2010
Knelman: Maharajas’ treasure coming to AGO
“Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts” – a blockbuster exhibition that has recently been drawing 10,000 visitors a day in London – will open at the Art Gallery of Ontario on Nov. 20 for a three-month stay, occupying the same exhibition space as the current King Tut show.
Should be interesting.
February 24th, 2010
Six men run over SI who booked them for drunken driving
GREATER NOIDA: In an act of revenge, six youngsters allegedly ran over a Sub Inspector of UP Police shortly after they were released on bail for drunken driving in this satellite township of the national capital.
just fucking wow
February 19th, 2010
Georgian luger killed in training
The training mishap that killed an Olympic luger Friday was reportedly his second crash in as many days at the dangerously-fast Whistler sliding centre.
Amid mounting safety concerns over the speed lugers have been reacing on the track — there have been more than a dozen crashes during training this week — Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old from Georgia, died after flipping off his sled and into a metal pole.
Video of crash here.
February 12th, 2010
No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register | Raw Story
“In the long and storied history of utterly retarded legislation in South Carolina, we may have finally found the legal statute that takes the cake for sheer stupidity, which we think you’ll agree is saying something,” the unsigned blog posting scathingly commented.
February 11th, 2010
PM’s office attacks top banker in deficit spat - thestar.com
If the person doesn’t agree with your agenda, start with the character assassination.
February 11th, 2010
Southern freeze
Twenty-five years ago this month, one of cricket’s most unusual - and almost certainly the most southerly - matches took place about 400 miles from the South Pole. The beer froze, the pitch was “rolled” by a plane, and the bails were beer cans. But it was a proper game and those who participated took it seriously enough.
January 30th, 2010
