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• How Long Would It Take To Get To Alpha Centauri?

  

  image credit Last Tuesday astronomers announced the discovery of a planet orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system, the nearest star system to our sun. But... Read more

  The 18 October 2012 by   Gerard
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• Titles in Evolution - and in Creation?

  

  Here w go again with the new articles on evolution. This is just a very small sample that I chose out of interest from the last couple of weeks - and just from ... Read more

  The 17 October 2012 by   Bjornostman
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• Today Is Ada Lovelace Day

  

  image credit Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event whose goal is to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Augusta Ada King,... Read more

  The 16 October 2012 by   Gerard
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• Five Amazing Cars You Will Never See on the Road

  

  We are used to seeing sedans, SUVs, hatchbacks and other “normal” cars on the road. But if any of these beauties showed up, you sure bet everyone would be... Read more

  The 15 October 2012 by   Ningauble
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• Ministry of Defence Developing New Anti-laser Eyewear

  

  Laser pointers may be great fun to tease the cat with, but for pilots they are a major hazard. The United States FAA reports over 2,000 incidents every year... Read more

  The 15 October 2012 by   Ningauble
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• Space Shuttle Endeavour's Last Journey

  

  image credit It orbited the earth close to five thousand times, traveling over a hundred million miles in the process. Yet for the Space Shuttle Endeavour the... Read more

  The 15 October 2012 by   Gerard
  

• Felix Baumgartner's Historic Fall

  

  Felix Baumgartner ready for his record jumpEarlier today Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell from the edge of space. Or more accurately, he jumped from a... Read more

  The 14 October 2012 by   Conroy
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• Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Fossil Art

  

  Peter McFarlane reworks circuit boards and turns these mixed media sculptures into fossils. The artist focuses on transforming trash into fine art, believing... Read more

  The 14 October 2012 by   Ningauble
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• Jurassic Park 4: What It Almost Looked Like

  

  Movie producers, believe it or not, don’t really care if they have an original idea or a good script. The only factor that matters is the money making ability o... Read more

  The 11 October 2012 by   Ningauble
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• Ochman on Bacterial Evolution

  

  Yesterday I went to the annual Thomas S Whittam Memorial Lecture here at MSU. Howard Ochman talked about "Evolutionary Forces Affecting Bacterial Genomes",... Read more

  The 10 October 2012 by   Bjornostman
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