PlanetVac: Sucking Up Planetary Regolith

post from Planetary Society Blog on 30 October 2012 03:27:10 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Learn about the Planetary Society?s newest project: PlanetVac, with Honeybee Robotics, aims to prototype and test in a huge vacuum chamber a new way to sample planetary surfaces that could be used for sample return or for in situ instruments.

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There are no afterlife-time guarantees

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 30 October 2012 03:00:48 PM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

There is cynical marketing and then there is exploitation. But, some companies are now musing on the idea of heavenly pop-up ads, interstitial banners for the afterlife and infographics to accompany the song sheets for the choir invisible. Of course, you cannot take it with you, but if they can sell it to you before [...]

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Infographic: How to Select Valves

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 October 2012 01:59:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

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Con Ed Transformer Explosion in Manhattan

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A transformer exploded at the Con Edison plant on 14th Street in Lower Manhattan. Watch it happen above, starting at 3:00.Click Here To View The Video

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India's 150 Million-Home Digital Switchover
Begins

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 October 2012 01:24:01 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From television advertisements to text messages, people in the four metro areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai are being repeatedly reminded that India will go digital from 1 November 2012. Click Here For The Full Story

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Time To Heal: The Materials That Repair
Themselves

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 October 2012 01:21:42 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

At some point in the near future you'll wear out those running shoes, break that squash racket, drop your smartphone and crack the screen.They will need to be replaced - at a cost.But what if we made things from materials that can heal themselves - like a plant or animal heals a wound?Accord

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Kids Halloween Science

post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 30 October 2012 01:12:32 PM. © Canadian BioTechnologist2.0

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A wind is rising

post from Bad Astronomy on 30 October 2012 11:49:52 AM. © Bad Astronomy

What is now the post-tropical cyclone Sandy, as seen by the NASA/NOAA weather satellite GOES-13 at 06:02 Eastern US time, on October 30, 2012:[Click for a much larger version, or get the 3600 x 3000 pixel image.]Like anyone not on the east coast, I have[...]

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