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Thursday, 1 January 2015

Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012 iPad Cases

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012 iPad Cases

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A renaissance in metals

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A renaissance is underway in materials science, and especially in metals design, fabrication, and characterization, says MIT Materials

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Aurora - Beautiful Northern Lights Poster

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Aurora - Beautiful Northern Lights Poster

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California’s drought declared natural by NOAA

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The last several years have left California facing a series of water emergencies, as the usual winter rainfall hasn't materialized. The drought has been associated with a ridge of high-pressure air off the Pacific Northwest coast, which prevents storms from the Western Pacific and Alaska from reaching California. That ridge, in turn, has been associated with warm sea surface temperatures in the area.

Beyond the immediate causes, however, it's reasonable to ask whether the drought is a symptom of a warming climate, and thus whether we should expect more of them in the future. Several papers have already looked into the matter, with mixed results. But now, NOAA has weighed in with a report that pins the blame on natural variability. But the report has come under criticism from some scientists, and it may have been finalized before some recent, relevant papers.

There are a number of ways to ask whether a particular event (or, in this case, a series of events) is natural or driven by human influences. Events should not be viewed as conclusive on their own, but collectively, they can build a case. The NOAA report tries a number of these.

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The finer details of rust

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Magnetite (or Fe3O4) is an elaborate kind of rust – a regular lattice of oxygen and iron atoms.

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AUDIO: Schizophrenia assumptions challenged

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A report published on Thursday challenges received wisdom about the nature of schizophrenia.
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Vela Supernova Remnant

The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs through this complex and beautiful skyscape. At the northwestern edge of the constellation Vela (the Sails) the telescopic frame is over 10 degrees wide, centered on the brightest glowing filaments of the Vela Supernova Remnant, an expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. Light from the supernova explosion that created the Vela remnant reached Earth about 11,000 years ago. In addition to the shocked filaments of glowing gas, the cosmic catastrophe also left behind an incredibly dense, rotating stellar core, the Vela Pulsar. Some 800 light-years distant, the Vela remnant is likely embedded in a larger and older supernova remnant, the Gum Nebula Tomorrow's picture: Trapezium

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Monogram, Witch Head Nebula deep space image Sticker

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Monogram, Witch Head Nebula deep space image Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The infrared portrait shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance to the profile of a wicked witch. Astronomers say the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being lit up by massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, causing it to glow with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors.
The Witch Head nebula is estimated to be hundreds of light-years away in the Orion constellation, just off the famous hunter's knee.
WISE was recently "awakened" to hunt for asteroids in a program called NEOWISE. The reactivation came after the spacecraft was put into hibernation in 2011, when it completed two full scans of the sky, as planned.
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Aurora - Beautiful Northern Lights Wall Decals

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Hubble The Grey Wizard iPad Mini Cases

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Reducing drug allergies without compromising efficacy

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An enzyme that usually triggers strong allergic reactions now circulates in the veins of a group of mice

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Dawn spacecraft begins approach to dwarf planet Ceres

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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter Ceres orbit in March 2015.

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The Solar System Print

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The Solar System Print

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Thanks to Neil DeGrasse Tyson all of my astronomy books are useless! This poster is available with or without labels and is suitable for classroom displays. Order yours and try to come up with a new mnemonic device now that Aunt Sally has no Pizza.

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Monogram, Rings of Gas Giant Saturn - solar system Round Stickers

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Monogram, Rings of Gas Giant Saturn - solar system Round Stickers

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A stunning image of Saturn, taken when the planet's rings were at their maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal tilts away from and toward the Sun, much the same way Earth does. This happens over the course of its 29.5-year orbit. This means that approximately every 30 years, Earth observers can catch their best glimpse of Saturn's South Pole and the southern side of the planet's rings. Between March and April 2003, researchers took full advantage to study the gas giant at maximum tilt. They used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to capture detailed images of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere and the southern face of its rings.
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Image credit: NASA (Hubble Telescope) and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)

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Hubble's 'Mystic Mountain' - Deep Space Wall Skins

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