"Babylon 5" Actress Mira Furlan Dies At 65
Slashdot reader The Grim Reefer shares a report from the BBC: Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan has died at the age of 65, her family and management have confirmed. Furlan played Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the 1990s sci-fi TV drama, Babylon.....»»
Yuan Longping Dies, Scientist Whose Rice Research Helped Feed World
An anonymous reader quotes the Associated Press: Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital in the southern city of Changsha, the Xinhua News agen.....»»
China"s Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world
Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital in the southern city of Changsha, the Xinhua News agency reported. He was 90......»»
Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies
American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away. Read more American architect Terence Riley, former chief.....»»
Russia Races to Beat Tom Cruise and NASA With First Movie Filmed in Space
Which country will shoot the first movie in outer space? Russia is now "in a race with the United States to claim the achievement," reports NBC News. 36-year-old actress Yulia Peresild and 37-year-old director Klim Shepenko will complete Russia's c.....»»
Pioneer of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Electronics Dies at 80
IEEE also mourns the loss of the developer of the ground-fault circuit interrupter and others Photo: UCLA Samueli Tatsuo Itoh Microwave and millimeter-wave electronics pioneer Life Fellow, 80; died 4 March Itoh [abov.....»»
Russia could beat Tom Cruise in race to film first movie onboard the ISS
Russian actress Yulia Peresild (top) and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will be on a rocket with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov when it takes off from Baikonur cosmodrome on October 5. Their destination is the International Space Station (ISS), where they will.....»»
Russia to send film crew, Japanese billionaire to space
Russia said Thursday it would send an actress and a director into space to make the first feature film in the cosmos and also deliver an eccentric Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station......»»
Founder of the world"s largest architecture studio Art Gensler dies at 85
Art Gensler, the American architect, interior designer and founder of global architecture firm Gensler, has passed away at the age of 85 after a long illness. Read more Art Gensler, the American architect, interior designer and founder of gl.....»»
American Axle co-founder, philanthropist Mort Harris dies at 101
Harris was a decorated U.S. Army pilot during World War II and helped build American Axle & Manufacturing after its mid-1990s spinoff from General Motors......»»
"See What You Made Me Do" will change the way we think about domestic violence
It may be a familiar statistic, but it is still shocking and unacceptable. In Australia, almost every week a woman dies at the hands of her partner or ex-partner......»»
"Forgotten" moon landing astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90
The Apollo 11 astronaut who stayed in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon has died age 90......»»
"Forgotten Astronaut" Michael Collins Dies
An astronaut who flew on one of the most famous space missions of all time has died. From a report: Michael Collins, 90, was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. Unlike Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, h.....»»
Paying Tribute to Former Vice President of IEEE’s Publication Services and Products Board
Syracuse University engineering professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar dies at 72 .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: -5px !impo.....»»
Dealer Steve Kalafer, critic of stair-step incentives, dies at 71
Publicly, he railed against the "havoc" created by automakers' programs. Inside his dealerships, his motto was: "Be kind, be fair, work hard, earn money and do good.".....»»
Forensics puzzle cracked via fluid mechanical principles
In 2009, music producer Phil Spector was convicted for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot in the face from a very short distance. He was dressed in white clothes, but no bloodstains were found on his clothing—even though signifi.....»»
Founder of Adobe Dies at Age 81
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings the news that Charles 'Chuck' Geschke, the co-founder of Adobe, had died at the age of 81. The company started in co-founder John Warnock's garage in 1982, and was named after the Adobe Creek which ran be.....»»
Charles Geschke: Adobe co-founder who helped develop the PDF dies
Charles Geschke set up Adobe in 1982, giving the world the ubiquitous PDF technology......»»
"Addams Family," "Buck Rogers" Actor Felix Silla Dies at 84
EW reports: Felix Silla's friend and former Buck Rogers in the 25th Century costar Gil Gerard reported on Twitter that Silla died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Coming in at just under 4 feet tall and only 70 pounds, Silla was the p.....»»
"Addams Family," "Buck Rogers" Actor Felix Silla dies at 84
EW reports: Felix Silla's friend and former Buck Rogers in the 25th Century costar Gil Gerard reported on Twitter that Silla died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Coming in at just under 4 feet tall and only 70 pounds, Silla was the p.....»»
Richard Parry-Jones, architect of some of Ford"s greatest hits, dies at 69
The former product development boss was killed in an accident on his farm in Wales, according to British media reports......»»