“Nerd life is just so much better than regular life.” – John Green
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CERN has detected extremely rare particle decay for the first time
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Scientists have discovered a new state of matter, called ‘Jahn-Teller metals’
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“When rats taste something sweet, they do what human babies do – poke their tongues out and lick their lips. The more they enjoy a taste, the more their tiny tongues waggle with delight”
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How to manage for collective creativity
This mosaic of four images was created earlier this year from data gathered by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter. Just right of center, you can see the Atlantis basin, an ancient impact crater whose walls have almost eroded away. Another sign of erosion is the halo of bumpy terrain, the Atlantis chaos, that surrounds the crater.
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In 1932, Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa were granted a visa to visit the US, despite the misgivings of the American consul in Berlin about Einstein’s politics. A month later,
while the Einsteins were still in the US, the Nazi party came to power in Germany. The Einsteins returned to Europe — to Belgium and then to Britain — but not to Germany, where he and and other Jews could no longer hold university positions. From Britain he worked to help his fellow Jewish scientists find work outside Germany. In October 1933 he and Elsa left for the US, where he took up a position at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton.
In 185 AD astronomers in China documented the sudden appearance and gradual fading of a new star, the earliest supernova recorded. The composite image shows that supernova’s remnant, RCW 86, in different wavebands: x rays (blue and green) and infrared (yellow and red).
5,200 Days in Space
An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile
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View of the Alps From Space
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) took this photograph of the Alps from the International Space Station, and posted it to social media on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. She wrote, “I’m biased, but aren’t the Alps from space spectacular? What a foggy day on the Po plane, though! #Italy”
Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti
SpaceX flight to land by rocket-power on tiny barge
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The Asian camel cricket is now more common than native camel crickets in the eastern U.S (Credit: Flickr, USGS, Sam Droege)
A new social experiment
Washington state Teacher of the Year Katie Brown chats with Bill Gates about how teachers learn and collaborate with other teachers.
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NASA’s Next Mars Lander Will Peer Deep into Planet’s History
The InSight Mission will measure the planet’s rotation, weather at the landing site and magnetic disturbances to reveal more about Mars’ inner workings and early development
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Wolves are said to be Yellowstone’s keystone species, but the cutthroat trout may be more important.
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Also in the current issue of Philosophy Now, Dale DeBakcsy recounts how Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) revolutionized philosophy and got absolutely no credit for it.
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Stanford’s Maryam Mirzakhani wins Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the “Nobel prize of mathematics” – in recognition of her contributions to the understanding of the symmetry of curved surfaces.
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Sally Ride
Nietzsche’s 10 Rules for Writers
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/08/08/nietzsches-10-rules-for-writers/
Brain-Inspired Computing Reaches a New Milestone
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Self-Driving Cars Get New Laws in California
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It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been a full week since ScholarCon 2014 because our hearts are still full with THAT ScholarCon feeling. That wonder at connecting with you, the best and brightest Scholars from across the nation. That absolute joy from building life-long friendships in unexpected places. That exhilaration that follows being inspired in any of our Spark Sessions.
Is Earth’s Life Unique in the Universe?
To know whether life exists beyond Earth, we must come to terms with our own significance in the universe. Are we uniquely special or merely mediocre?
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Sigourney Weaver hints at Alien 5 possibility!
http://www.scified.com/site/aliensvspredator/sigourney-weaver-hints-at-alien-5-possibility
Post Your Book: A New, Cheap Way to Buy and Sell Textbooks
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