What's up in the solar system in May 2012

post from Planetary Society Blog on 01 May 2012 11:16:01 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

Welcome to my monthly roundup of the activities of our intrepid robotic emissaries across the solar system! I count 16 spacecraft that are actively performing 13 scientific missions at Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, Vesta, Saturn, and at the edge of the heliosphere. This month's highlight: Cassini's about to fly close past Enceladus and Dione.

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New Device Automatically Slices and Scans Brains,
Then Puts Them Into A Google Map

post from Singularity Hub on 01 May 2012 11:12:36 AM. © Singularity Hub

Forget all those hours of slicing your mouse brain in to sections, snapping images, and then manually putting them back [...]

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Carnival of Evolution 47

post from Pharyngula on 01 May 2012 11:01:02 AM. © Pharyngula

The latest Carnival of Evolution is at Evolving Thoughts, hosted by that guy Wilkins who usually covers the philosophical beat…but we'll let him out of that cage this one time.

The Carnival of Evolution 48 will be held right here, on Pharyngula. You can submit entries via the carnival widget; get them in before 1 June, or I'll ignore them and they'll be passed on to the next carnival host, who doesn't exist. And therefore doesn't have a blog. Which means your carefully crafted science post will be shipped off to dev:null. So you might also consider volunteering for the hosting duties some time. The electrons you save might be your own.

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Windows XP Holding On As Dominant OS

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 01 May 2012 10:59:34 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From CNET News: XP's share dipped slightly in April, but the decade-old operating system still reigns over Windows 7 as the top desktop platform. [Read more] Read the whole article

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Science Fair Projects on Plants with Aspirin

post from Science Quick Picks on 01 May 2012 10:48:27 AM. © Science Quick Picks

Before we begin, you need background information for your science fair experiment. Aspirin, also called, acetylsalicylic acid, is a pharmaceutical drug that is in the family of salicylates (salicylic acid – SA). It is a colorless crystalline organic acid and is used in synthesis and is a plant hormone. SA is a phytohormone and is [...]

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Want A Robot At Home Qbo Is Up For Pre-order

post from Singularity Hub on 01 May 2012 10:43:56 AM. © Singularity Hub

Been dreaming of a having a robot at home but want something more than Romo the iPhone robot and can?t [...]

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Zen Pencils does Tyson

post from Bad Astronomy on 01 May 2012 10:25:19 AM. © Bad Astronomy

If you’ve read my blog for any amount of time then you’re familiar with astronomer Neil Tyson. You may remember the speech he gave when asked about the most astounding fact he knew. It’s an amazing passage, probably the best speech[...]

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Oldest Known American Motorcycle Sells for
$155,000

Wolfe Industrial Auctions, a company known for industrial equipment auctions, ventured into the classic car and vintage motorcycle realm this past weekend with the sale of numerous antique cars and bikes, including what was reported to be the oldest gas-powered production American-made motor

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Flexible Honing for Gun Cleaning and Maintenance

Flexible honing tools for firearms are used by gun makers, gun dealers, shooters, hobbyists, and gunsmiths to clean and maintain shotguns, rifles, pistols and revolvers, and paintball guns. Available in a range of sizes and for specific gauges, these versatile gun cleaning tools produce an opt

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Oxford Docs: We Can Prevent PTSD ... With Tetris

From Wired Top Stories: In recent years, the military's top brass have funded some truly bizarre approaches -- from neck injections to Reiki -- in an effort to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress afflicting today's soldiers. Turns out, they could've just equipped troops with Game Boy

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