Gallery: When the Moon ate (most of) the Sun

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May 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy Flies His Way Into the
Celebrity Ranks

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From Wired Top Stories: Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first nonstop transatlantic flight in aviation history. Read the whole article

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Two Patients Get Eye Stem Cells

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 21 May 2012 10:42:40 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From BBC News - Science & Environment: Two people in Scotland have stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight. Read the whole article

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TED: Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore -
Nathan Wolfe (2012)

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We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation to explore? Biologist and explorer Nathan Wolfe suggests this answer: Almost everything. And we can start, he says, with the world of the unseeably small.

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Satellites Track Humans, Now Its The Animals Turn

post from Singularity Hub on 21 May 2012 10:33:31 AM. © Singularity Hub

Satellite technology is a modern-day “Wonder of the World.” Consider that currently over 1,000 active satellites orbit the Earth, communicating with ground-based [...]

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Gyronaut X-1 Goes Under Restoration

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 21 May 2012 10:15:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

Designer Alex Tremulis maintained over his decades-long career that streamlining and aerodynamics provided the solutions to many a problem faced by automotive designers and engineers. It wasn't until after Ford gave him the boot, however, that he could focus on applying his then-radical idea

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Preventative Health Actions: Exercise, Diet and
Tanning

post from Nerdy Science Blog on 21 May 2012 09:50:16 AM. © Nerdy Science Blog

Conceivably, in the near future and after research is completed, tanning salons may be considered a place of preventative health intervention, much in the same way that people visit dental offices for tooth cleanings and fitness centers for exercise. Vitamin D Sources There are few natural dietary sources for Vitamin D. It is primarily found [...]

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Antimatter: The Production Problem

post from Centauri Dreams on 21 May 2012 09:50:07 AM. © Centauri Dreams

Antimatter is so tantalizing a prospect for propulsion that every time a new slant on using it appears, I try to figure out its implications for long-haul missions. But the news, however interesting, is inevitably balanced by the reality of production[...]

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Leap Motion's 3-D System Is Like A Kinect
for Controlling Your Computer

From Fast Company: We might not have jet packs yet, but apparently the ability to control our computers by wiggling our fingers is right around the corner. Leap Motion, a San Francisco startup has created a device ("the Leap") that lets you control your computer just my moving your finge

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