February 2012
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Feb 18th
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Cute little chameleon
The article about the critter at PLoS One is “Rivaling the World’s Smallest Reptiles: Discovery of Miniaturized and Microendemic New Species of Leaf Chameleons (Brookesia) from Northern Madagascar.” Learned about this from John.
Feb 18th
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Scale of the Universe 2
This is so, so cool.  It takes this a long time (several minutes) to load up the flash, even on a campus network.  It is worth the wait.  Thanks Carl for the link.
Feb 13th
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Have you ever wondered...
how many ways you can arrange the elements of Carbon and Hydrogen to form C8H8?  Well, now you can stop wondering! (72 hits.) Thanks Antony for the link.
Feb 10th
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Some ten year old kid discovers a new molecule...
Looks like she will be the co-author of a paper that is going to be published in the Journal of theoretical & computational chemistry.  Found this here thanks to Patricia.
Feb 8th
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Will be a super supercomputer at the U of I
The Chronicle writes: Stalled ‘Hubble Telescope of Supercomputers’ Resumes Construction. But, what I want to know is—will it have a bench where people can sit on the computer?
Feb 1st
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January 2012
8 posts
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Jan 28th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 16th
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Map of All the Trees in the United States →
“This map is the result of years of research by NASA, the National Geological Survey, and the U.S. Forest Service. It shows, in staggering detail, the total of woody biomass (read trees) across these United States.”  Found via Michelle.
Jan 15th
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Jan 12th
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December 2011
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Want to work for Dr. Stephen Hawking?
Yes, you may want to work for him, but this is a Graduate Assistant Position. (At the University of Cambridge.  Are you at the U. of Cambridge?  Probably not.)  Found via this and this.
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 10th
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Eclipse is only about 12 hours away
This is a great site that shows what the eclipse will look like tomorrow morning.
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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This 17 year old kid is no slacker
She figured out a way to kill cancer stem cells; that is all.  She won $100,000 for inventing the technology.
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Do you have any time to read this?
It is quite fascinating, really. “Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time” from Discover mag blogs.
Dec 7th
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Woolly Mammoth brought back through cloning?
Some scientists say it could be done in the next 4-5 years.   Here are some articles for background material. (2 of 3 are PDF documents.)
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Three new chemical elements are officially named
Elements 110, 111, 112 have been officially named, and they are called Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, and Copernicium.  The IUPAC has also started the process to name elements 114 and 116 Flerovium and Livermorium.
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Some good science and religion posts
Here they are: Transcript: Dear Christian and Defining the Supernatural.
Dec 2nd
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MATH SAVES LIVES!
Yup, it sure does.
Dec 2nd
November 2011
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Good TED interview with a Mythbusters guy
Inspiring youth with science: Q&A with Adam Savage
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 7th
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Nov 7th
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Nov 5th
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