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Monthly Archives: August 2012
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Stanford biologist and computer scientist discover the 'anternet' http://t.co/R4JWxzsu 16:10:14 DNA could have existed long before life itself http://t.co/znoXbtfk 20:54:10 Where will we all be in 100 billion years? http://t.co/jWcXSQ1Y 20:53:17 Zap! http://t.co/HXV2Lysw 20:31:36 We see what we want to see. http://t.co/f4fsZxxs 20:17:44 Mars Lander Wins Out for 2016 Mission Over Titan Boat and Comet Hopper http://t.co/e0IIGwNn 08:06:43 Just Right, or Nonexistent? Dispute Over ‘Goldilocks’ Planet Gliese 581G http://t.co/cnisgZbE 06:44:21 Alien Planet Haul: NASA Space Telescope Spots 41 New Exoplanets.... |
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We Shouldn’t Give Up on SETI http://t.co/DRHPfK5c 02:30:08 Has the Time Come to Try Geoengineering? http://t.co/FuJ02KB8 02:27:53 How Old Is The Earth? http://t.co/niEIIBFW 06:14:23 Aliens in the oceans… Op-Ed. http://t.co/LkmhIe6W 05:44:36 |
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Will we ever… find life elsewhere in the universe? http://t.co/TPnUEhi3 15:01:37 That sinking feeling http://t.co/9ZB3cbsE 15:00:27 UCLA Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics on Mars http://t.co/xdjfX2hw 14:23:35 Mars Curiosity rover snaps self-portrait and color panorama image http://t.co/UbU6UcOc 14:14:43 Gale Crater Vista, in Glorious Color http://t.co/oQ6DtBKH 04:08:40 APOD: 2012 August 9 – Mars in the Loop http://t.co/SNbEaC5u 14:39:13 Kenyan Fossils Rekindle Debate over Early Human Diversity http://t.co/YZFLcXd5 14:37:35 Out There If the Aliens Have Cities, Will We Be Able to See Them? http://t.co/HVdtDi6S.... |
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I decided to start having fun with MSL pics and make meme-like statements on top. Here are a few attempts – the first one is just the rover showing off… the next is a reference to Snoop Mammal lyrics, the second talks about how “X-treme” the entry/descent/landing was… and the last one is Curiosity’s famous first tweet from the surface: I’m safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL — Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) August 6,.... |
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It’s the future. It’s the 21st century. I always imagined that by this time, there would be the requisite flying cars and Moon colonies. So one of the biggest disappointments of my adult life has been the realization that our species is almost 100% Earth-bound and that there has been no real progress made in leaving low Earth orbit for as long as I’ve been alive. In the 80s, it seemed like we were on an uphill trajectory. The books.... |
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We’ve had a lot of posts over the past week, so I wanted to put up a post with all the pre-landing goodness and with all of Brendan’s excellent liveblogging last night. Adi introduced us to the rover within the context of the ongoing thirtieth olympiad, defined the word that serves as its name: “Curiosity” warned us about the “7 minutes of terror” during entry/descent/landing, and gave us a guide to viewing the landing and some fun pre-landing activities. Meanwhile, I chatted.... |
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Astrobiology Magazine Top Story |
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