Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE has done it
again!!

post from Planetary Society Blog on 06 August 2012 11:45:24 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

In 2008, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped an amazing photo of Phoenix descending to the surface of Mars under its parachute. Now it's repeated the feat, with Curiosity.

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TED: Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree -
Margaret Heffernan (2012)

post from TEDTalks (video) on 06 August 2012 11:00:04 AM. © TEDTalks (video)

Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren?t echo chambers -- and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.

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Getting the most out of those first images from
Mars

post from Planetary Society Blog on 06 August 2012 10:25:05 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

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Stone Spray Research Project Wants to Print
Bridges With Sand, Solar Power

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 06 August 2012 09:50:15 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Engadget: Envious of your pet hermit crabs' 3D-printed domicile? Maybe you should cast your green eyes upon the Stone Spray project, an Eco-friendly robot printer that's exploring the viability of soil as a building material. Although making actual buildings is a bit out of the robo

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After Curiosity (whew!), Thoughts on Enceladus

post from Centauri Dreams on 06 August 2012 09:30:57 AM. © Centauri Dreams

At $2.5 billion, NASA?s Curiosity rover didn?t cost quite as much as Cassini ($3 billion), but what a relief to Solar System exploration both near and far to have it safely down at Gale Crater. This Reuters story tells me that 79 different pyrotechnic[...]

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Watch the Nail-biting 7 Minutes of Terror in JPLs
Mission Control

post from Top stories on 06 August 2012 09:28:59 AM. © Top stories

Live through the tense moments of waiting to find out if the Curiosity rover made it safely to Mars? surface and the joy and elation of six more wheels on Mars.

Thanks to Universe Today.

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Mind, Brain and Education: Retrieval Practice

post from Nerdy Science Blog on 06 August 2012 09:20:11 AM. © Nerdy Science Blog

As introduced in the first and second articles of this series, Mind, Brain and Education, this educational theory has been tested and confirmed and is now considered an entirely new discipline used to describe how the brain processes information for later recall: what we refer to as “learning.” Principles of this theory can essentially be [...]

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Nothing could be better

Story Source We discussed once before that old philosophical puzzler: why is there actually anything at all?

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Nasa Rover Touches Down on Mars

From BBC News - Science & Environment: The US space agency, Nasa, successfully lands its huge new robot rover in a deep crater on the Red Planet. Read the whole article

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Cheetah Breaks Record: 38% Faster than Usain
Bolt

A cheetah named Sarah has broken sprinter Usain Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds for 100 meters. Sarah was clocked racing 100 meters in 5.96 seconds at the Cincinnati Zoo. That's 61 mph!Observers said the cat looked like a "polka-dotted missile."Read the whole article and watch the video on Nation

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