Curiosity sol 3: First Mastcam color thumbnails
down, everything "flawless," "nominal"

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 08:26:20 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Curiosity's third day on Mars has been completed flawlessly, and the first preliminary color view from her Mastcam is lovely.

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Daphnis cruises through the Keeler Gap

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 08:16:11 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

A recent series of ring images by the Cassini spacecraft reveal Saturn's tiny moon Daphnis cruising through the Keeler Gap.

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Astronomy Is Cheap, Too

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 08:06:32 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

There was upsetting news today, as the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences released a report that recommended divesting from several highly successful radio telescopes. The money in question, as usual, amounts to almost nothing. The effects, however, are massive.

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Following up the dark spot on Uranus

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 07:38:14 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

It was a surprise and delight to have our Icarus paper highlighted in Emily Lakdawalla's blog. Thanks for highlighting Uranus, since it has gotten, ahem, a bum rap over the years. Here's more about our discovery of the dark spot on Uranus.

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NCBI ROFL: Think you cant memorize Miltons
Paradise Lost No, youre just lazy.

post from Discoblog » NCBI ROFL on 04 September 2012 07:00:06 PM. © Discoblog » NCBI ROFL

Memorising Milton’s Paradise lost: a study of a septuagenarian exceptional memoriser.

“At age 58, JB began memorising Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. Nine years and thousands of study hours later, he completed this process in 2001 and recalled from memory all 12 books of this 10,565-line poem over a 3-day period. Now 74, JB continues to recite this work. We tested his memory accuracy by cueing his recall with two lines from the beginning or middle of each book and asking JB to recall the next 10 lines. JB is an exceptional memoriser of Milton, both in our laboratory tests in which he did not know the specific tests or procedures in advance, and in our analysis of a videotaped, prepared performance. Consistent with deliberate practice theory, JB achieved this remarkable ability by deeply analysing the poem’s structure and meaning over lengthy repetitions. Our findings suggest that exceptional memorisers such as JB are made, not born, and that cognitive expertise can be demonstrated even in later adulthood.”

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Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Knock knock! Who?s there? ...

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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs
Cape York, Roves to New Milestone

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 06:55:31 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Even robots deserve a break once in a while, and when the Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode in June, Opportunity got the chance to hang out and leisurely take in her surroundings at the Red Planet, while the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission downshifted into lower gear.

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Talking Climate With Bill Nye

post from Planetary Society Blog on 04 September 2012 06:51:43 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Talk about changing climates on this world and others brought 600 people to the Boulder Theater.

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Checking in on NASA's Space Launch System

Work continues on the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation deep space vehicle slated to take humans beyond Earth for the first time since 1972.

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A fifth moon for Pluto, and a possible hazard for
New Horizons

Pluto is now known to have at least five moons (Charon, Nix, Hydra, P4, and the newly discovered P5), and its burgeoning population might pose a risk to New Horizons during its flyby, three years from now.

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Staying Put Means Death

Chaikin interviews Mars scientist Nathalie Cabrol who talks about her passion for exploration and urges America to explore even in tough economic times.

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