Saturn eclipses an icy moon

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The mighty planet Saturn is circled by a fleet of moons, each as different from the other as individual people. And as weird and alien as it seems, this Saturnian system of planet and moons have some similarities to our own Earth and Moon. For example,[...]

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Nuclear Restart Generates Power, Protest in Japan

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 July 2012 08:28:12 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From National Geographic News: Japan's restart of one of its nuclear power plants rouses an unusual display of public discontent, but the energy-short nation faces no easy choices in the wake of Fukushima. Read the whole article

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Mars Rover Landing's

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 July 2012 08:27:44 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From National Geographic News: A malfunctioning orbiter may leave NASA in the dark for its new Mars rover's white-knuckle landing next month. Read the whole article

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Cardboard and Plywood Hydrogen Car Snags Design
Award

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 July 2012 08:27:04 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Wired Top Stories: Most of us think of the future of eco-friendly cars in miles per gallon (or miles per kilowatt-hour). But a design team from Britain?s Aston University looked at the carbon consequences of the shipping required to move tons of steel and batteries from the factory

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July 18, 1876: Royal Commissioners Wrinkle Their
Noses

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 July 2012 08:26:13 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Wired Top Stories: The British government appoints a Royal Commission on Noxious Vapours to look into the growing problem of industrial air pollution. Its report two years later would bring better regulation but warn about impeding economic growth. Read the whole article

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human biology vs. the modern work environment

post from weird things on 18 July 2012 07:04:45 AM. © weird things

Once upon a time, I was talking to a friend about some of the more utopian sci-fi worlds, particularly, the world of the Jetsons in which we were predicted to have primitive robot maids, apartments in the sky, vacations on a lunar base or a city on Mars,[...]

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Research Shows Eyes Really Are The Window To The
Soul

post from Science Quick Picks on 18 July 2012 05:56:57 AM. © Science Quick Picks

It seems like the old saying ?your eyes are the window to your soul? might amazingly have some scientific backing, a study at Orebro University in Sweden suggests. Researchers at the university claim to have identified patterns in the eye which indicate whether the person is trustworthy and warm-hearted or impulsive and neurotic. To do [...]

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Russian Space Lab Launch Delayed Again

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 18 July 2012 03:17:10 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Korolyov, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2012
The launch of Russia's "Nauka" (Science) multirole laboratory module (MLM) for the International Space Station has been set back from the end of this year to the end of next year due to technological and organizational problems at the Khrunichev Space Center, the head of Russia's Energia space corporation Vitaly Lopota said on Tuesday. The launch of the Nauka was initially slated for the f

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Opportunity Continues to Explore Rocks on the Rim
of Endeavour Crater

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 18 July 2012 03:17:10 AM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 18, 2012
Opportunity is still exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Most of this period focused on analyzing the rock target "Grasberg" with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) tool, which ground and brushed the rock. This was done using the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) on Sols 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, and 3007 (July 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, 2012), and additional Microsc

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NASA Selects ULA's Workhorse Delta II Rocket for
Three Future Missions

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NASA's Launch Services Program has announced that it selected United Launch Alliance's (ULA) proven Delta II launch vehicle for three future missions. The newly contracted missions include Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) scheduled to launch in July 2014, Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) scheduled to launch in October 2014, and the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS) scheduled to launc

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