The Internet Map - Searchable, Bubble-Filled
Visualization of The Internet

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 July 2012 03:37:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Lifehacker: This map of the internet is a fun way to explore how sites are related to each other. Each of the 350,000 sites are represented as bubbles (bigger or smaller based on traffic) and placed near other similar sites. Read the whole article

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Fighting Blindness With Canadian Ingenuity

post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 30 July 2012 03:20:38 PM. © Canadian BioTechnologist2.0

One of the mysteries of blindness has been solved. A team of international scientists in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) identified a new gene responsible for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a devastating genetic form of blindness in newborns. What makes this discovery so exceptional is that this [...]

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Attention Young Scientists: The World Needs
You-Badly

post from American Biotechnologist on 30 July 2012 03:06:24 PM. © American Biotechnologist

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2001: A Space Thriller

post from Bad Astronomy on 30 July 2012 02:15:24 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I have no reason to post this, other than it made me laugh: a trailer for the classic movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" as if it were made today.Being pretty familiar with the movie, it was funny to see how these scenes were used out of context. Of[...]

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Pretty Panoramas: Opportunity at Whim Creek

post from Planetary Society Blog on 30 July 2012 02:11:11 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

I know it?s been all Curiosity, all the time on this blog for the last couple of weeks, and that?s not likely to change much for the next couple of weeks. But I don?t want people to forget that there?s another rover exploring Mars? ancient geology. Opportunity has been taking spectacular photos of Whim Creek and Endeavour Crater this last week.

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Cosmoquest Science Hangout Wednesday August 1:
Mihály Horányi, lunar dust expert

post from Planetary Society Blog on 30 July 2012 01:38:32 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

I'll be guest hosting this week's Cosmoquest Science Hangout on Wednesday, August 1. The show starts at 2300 UTC, and my special guest is Mihály Horányi.

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Archeologists Unearth Extraordinary Human
Sculpture in Turkey

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 July 2012 01:35:42 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From ScienceDaily: Latest Science News: A beautiful and colossal human sculpture is one of the latest cultural treasures unearthed by an international team at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in southeastern Turkey. Read the whole article

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Blue Boreal of Manitoba

A few weeks ago Chris Smith of Ducks Unlimited Canada went out on a boreal adventure to northwestern Manitoba along with some of our other campaign friends. Along the way, they passed over some beautiful and intact boreal forest, including many lakes and[...]

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Dawn Sets Its Sights on Ceres

By Marc RaymanAs NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress.Three impact craters of different sizes, arranged in the shape of a snowman, make up one of the most striking features on Vesta, as seen in this view from [...]

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Portland, Oregon talk OF DEATH

I’m very excited to be heading up to Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, August 1, to give my "Death from the Skies!" talk at the Bagdad Theater. This is part of the OMSI Science Pub series, a laid-back event where people like me talk to[...]

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