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
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