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Earth’s Weather Like You Have Never Seen It Before

2:20PM Jesus Diaz
This video shows Earth’s weather from August 17-26, 2009. It also shows how beautiful this planet is and how insignificant we are. It was created at a 7km resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model. More »
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OK, Now I’m Nervous About The Large Hadron Collider

1:40PM Jesus Diaz | I used to think that nothing would happen with the Large Hadron Collider. I even made fun of the nutters saying it’s going to destroy the world. After reading CERN Director for Accelerators’s latest statement, I’m not so sure: More »
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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Utah Skies

11:20AM Adam Frucci | If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin’ huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. More »
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Gifts For Science Nerds Who Love To Tinker

11:00AM Rosa Golijan | Meteorites, microscopes or mixing things to go boom. Your science nerd loves it all. Here are a couple of gift ideas for that space explorer, mad scientist or engineer in your life. More »
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Large Hadron Collider Circulating Particle Beams Again

9:40AM Adam Frucci | No, it’s not going to destroy the world, but the collection of photos of the LHC at the Big Picture is a great reminder that this might be the most impressive piece of machinery humanity has ever built. More »
Random Stuff

Creating A Tornado Inside A Soap Bubble

9:00AM Adam Frucci | I’m not quite sure what exactly is going on here, me being somewhat of a dullard and all, but I do know one thing: this there is one neat video. More »
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Scientists Develop Phaser That Can Stun (Worms)

5:40AM Adam Frucci | The good news: Scientists have developed a Star Trek-like phaser that can be set to stun. The bad news: It only works on worms, so far. More »
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Atlantis Engines… Or Mickey Mouse Goes To Space

2:40AM Mark Wilson | Shot: The three main engines of the Space Shuttle Atlantis photographed from ISS as it docks. Jesus says it looks like Mickey Mouse. I think it looks like the photographer should move, quickly. More »
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Finally, Hospital Lighting Reminiscent Of A Cylon Base Ship

9:40AM Mark Wilson | Granted, the green-tinged fluorescence of most hospital rooms is by no means comfortable, but Philips’ solution, seen here, looks like an alien probe chamber — or so I’ve heard. More »
Robots

Fly Away

8:30AM Kyle VanHemert | Gadgets are overwhelmingly concerned with immediacy and functionality, but a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University reminds us that technology, when applied creatively, can be timeless and transcendent. More »