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Pick your geek gift

Published 9 hours ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

  StarWars.com   The "Star Wars Force Trainer" turns brainwave training into a sci-fi game. What do you get a science geek? A perfume chemistry set? A brainwave-operated toy? Here's your chance to vote in the top geek gift of 2009 and help somebody win a ...
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Collider weathers power cut

Published 11 hours ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

Europe's Large Hadron Collider was knocked offline today due to a faulty electrical cable, just a couple of days after the accelerator broke the world record for proton-smashing power. Electrical power was fully restored within hours, with no major effect on LHC operations, according to the ...
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Daily dose of science on the Web

Published 33 hours ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

Audubon Society: Sign up for Christmas bird count Telegraph: Meat grown in laboratory in world first National Geographic: Searching for new Earths Dreams of Space: Kid stuff for the Space Age Starry Critters: Carnival of Space 131 ...( read more )
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Balloon hunt goes viral

Published 35 hours ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

  DARPA   Ten balloons like this one will be put up to kick off the DARPA Network Challenge on Saturday. More than 300 teams have signed up for this weekend's DARPA Network Challenge , a $40,000 balloon hunt organized by the Pentagon's think tank ...
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Have a Hubble holiday!

Published 2 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

STScI A Hubble holiday card features a ribbon of gas in the supernova remnant SN 1006. If you're seeking stars of wonder for the holiday season, the Hubble Space Telescope's bounty of cosmic imagery is a good place to start. You can choose from free e-cards, ...
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Give us geeky gift ideas

Published 7 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

  John Brecher / msnbc.com   Night-vision goggles can teach kids important scientific lessons about, um, the electromagnetic spectrum? Plenty of gift guides point you to high-tech gadgets, but how many point you to nuclear-powered toys ? How many guides ...
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Signs of Mars life? ... and more

Published 7 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

I'm taking Thursday and Friday off for the Thanksgiving holiday (except for covering the shuttle landing, of course). Here are some Web links to see you through the long weekend, including a story that's creating quite a bit of advance buzz: Spaceflight Now: Mars meteorite yields secrets of ...
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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 7 days ago
Science by the book
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com — Featurepics.com Books on scientific subjects offer the world ... and other planets as well. Science books used... to show dinosaurs exclusively in shades of scaly green and brown. Books about the solar system used to ... (more) Science by the book

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Science smorgasbord on the Web

Published 8 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

Scientific American: New theory would topple space-time NPR: Darwin's 'Origin' still stirs debate after 150 years Science @ NASA: Mystery of solar tsunami solved  New Scientist: Orion's dark secret ...( read more )
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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 19 hours ago
Suborbital science goes public
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com —   Blue Origin   Click for video: New Shepard flies in Blue Origin video from 2006, used... with permission. Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos' usually secretive Blue Origin rocket venture raised the curtain ... (more) Suborbital science goes public

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Daily dose of science on the Web

Published 9 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

CollectSpace: Hubble instruments become museum artifacts  Slashdot: After 35 years, Arecibo talks to E.T. again Science News: Climate might be right for a deal Chandra Blog: Carnival of Space 130 ...( read more )
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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 7 days ago
Play the galactic slots
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com — NASA / STScI The galaxies NGC 2207 (left) and IC 2163 are entangled in a picture from... the Hubble Space Telescope. Such mergers are the focus of Galaxy Zoo's latest project. Galaxy Zoo's latest online research project is a ... (more) Play the galactic slots

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Chair floats to final frontier

Published 12 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

Toshiba UK Click for video: An armchair floats to the edge of space in Toshiba's "Space Chair Project" commercial. Click on the image to see Toshiba's video on YouTube. Space ballooning hits new heights in an HDTV commercial showing a simple armchair floating ...
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Weekend field trips on the Web

Published 12 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

CollectSpace: 'The Rock' speaks out for NASA (and 'Planet 51') Fedline: Nuclear agency tries to find dates for its geeks Tech Review: Watch a molecular machine in action 'Nova' on PBS: 'What Are Dreams?' ...( read more )
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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 12 days ago
Big pictures of tiny wonders
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com —   Jan Michels   Click for slideshow: Feast your eyes on Olympus BioScapes winners for 2009. Who... would have thought that a water flea, diseased neurons and poisoned algae could be so beautiful? It's just ... (more) Big pictures of tiny wonders

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X marks the galactic spot

Published 14 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

NASA / ESA An ethereal "X" or boxlike structure marks the chaotic center of the edge-on galaxy NGC 4710. Click on the picture for a larger version. One of the "X-Files" that astronomers keep in their filing cabinets relates to the mysterious X shape seen at the ...
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Your daily dose of science on the Web

Published 14 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

Space Elevator Games set for 2010: This time, it's personal Wired Science: The building of a high-tech eco-stunt New Scientist: NASA seeks its one true glove WSJ: Moon-water gamble has paid off Tiny Mantras: Carnival of Space 129 ...( read more )
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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 14 days ago
Stellar views of the meteor show
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com — Malcolm Park A fireball seems to shoot right through a house in Grafton, Ontario. Malcolm Park captured... the image as he was setting up to photograph meteors on Monday night. This week's Leonid meteor shower may not rise to ... (more) Stellar views of the meteor show

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cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com - 15 days ago
The scent of a dead celeb?
— cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com —   Hulton Archive / Getty Images file   A new line of fragrance is inspired by Marilyn... Monroe's DNA. A venture that uses the DNA from Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and other dead celebrities to mix up ... (more) The scent of a dead celeb?

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Shooting stars on the Web

Published 16 days ago by Alan Boyle at Cosmic Log

S. Abe and H. Yano / NASA / ISAS Meteors flash brightly in a picture taken from an aircraft flying at an altitude of 39,000 feet during the 1999 Leonids Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign. The Internet can help you get a great view of this week's Leonids or any other ...
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