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• No Night Without A Telescope Is No Dark Matter

  
  The Bi-College News Online — Authority: 135
  By Malisa Smith "If you have never looked through a decent telescope before, you have no idea of the amount of detail that is in space," said Haverford’s Professor of Astronomy, Bruce Partridge. "The eye itself cannot see the colors of most stars, but if you magnify space with a telescope you can…see all sorts of ...
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• Viva Voce

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 424
  Just back from a flying visit to the beautiful city of Edinburgh, where I was involved in the examination of a PhD candidate at the Institute for Astronomy , which is housed on the site of the Royal Observatory . For those of you not familiar with how this works, a PhD involves doing research into a particular ...
  17 hours ago

• AMNH Hosts 33rd Annual Margaret Mead Film Festival

  
  CJR — Authority: 610
  Science news aficionados that are passing through New York City this week should check out the thirty-third Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, which kicks off at the American Museum of Natural History Thursday night and runs through Sunday. Named after the famed cultural anthropologist, a former assistant ...
  19 hours ago

• Univ. of Montana Launches Environmental Journalism Program

  
  CJR — Authority: 610
  At least somebody gets it. The University of Montana in Missoula announced on Monday that it is accepting applications for a new, two-year graduate program in environmental science and natural resource journalism. The news comes less than a month after Columbia University, in New York, decided to suspend a similar and ...
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• The Vatican’s Search For Alien Life

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 558
  Science fiction blog io9 called it, “ Life imitates V ,” and in a way they’re totally right.  On the ABC sci-fi show V (which I’ve watched and that I believe to be an excellent show), there’s an ongoing subplot concerning a priest, Father Jack Landry, and how the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church ...
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• AAAS Announces 2009 Kavli Science Journalism Awards

  
  CJR — Authority: 610
  Recipients of the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards were announced this morning. “A radio broadcast on probability told through a tale about a drifting balloon, a newspaper series on the impact of a devastating genetic disease on a family in rural Montana, and a group of gracefully written stories about ...
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• Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 737
  Because of increasing light pollution, the most spectacular structure in the sky is seen by fewer and fewer people these days – the Milky Way. During the summer months you are in fact peering in the direction of the downtown ...
  2 days ago

• Morbid Anatomy Presents at Observatory: "The Culture of Curiosity" with Obscuras Evan Michelson, Friday November 13th, 8:00 PM

  
  Morbid Anatomy — Authority: 490
  This Friday the 13th, Evan Michelson--co-owner of Obscura Antiques and Oddities , my favorite store in the entire world and closest thing that I know of to a Morbid Anatomy Giftshop--will be delivering a presentation at Observatory, Brooklyn, entitled "The Culture of Curiosity." This illustrated lecture will explore ...
  2 days ago

• Ghostland Observatory photos from KEXP VIP Club Concert @ Triple Door

  
  The KEXP Blog — Authority: 571
  photos by Christopher Nelson Between full capacity shows at Showbox SoDo this weekend, KEXP favorites Ghostland Observatory performed an exclusive set for our VIP Club Concert series at The Triple Door. Never ones to go half way, the Austin duo of electronic wizard Thomas Turner and electrifying guitarist/singer ...
  2 days ago

• Ghostland Observatory. Go.

  
  Courtenay Brown — Authority: 114
  Last night I headed through torrential nastiness, over hill and dale and pioneer square, squeezed my car into a non-existent parking spot, all to see Ghostland Observatory at the Showbox SoDo . The Ghostland Observatory show I bought my ticket after hearing two Ghostland songs on the radio (tracks 2 and 3 ...
  4 days ago

• What is time abundance?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  Have you ever noticed how we talk about time? We often address it like a fierce competitor we have to beat to the finish line. We crunch it, beat it, and race against it. But I wonder what would happen if we were to treat time as a partner, as a friend, as the Siamese twin it was meant to be? In my book, time equals ...
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• Unscientific America Meets Denialism

  
  CJR — Authority: 610
  Michael Specter and Chris Mooney agree that the United States is full of people who just don’t get science, and that this is a dangerous situation. In fact, they agree about a lot of things. They are the respective authors of the similarly titled Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms ...
  5 days ago

• Just £16.00 for Montparnasse 56 Visit And Champagne For One - Experiences

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 158
  £16.00 Info / Buy Product Information Situated in the very heart of the city, the Montparnasse Tower is a must see landmark. In just 38 seconds, Europes fastest elevator will take you to the observation floor 56 storeys (over 640ft) above the ground! From ...
  6 days ago

• ESO Discovers New Cluster of Galaxies in Images

  
  Astrocast.TV — Authority: 133
  The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released images earlier this week of a newly discovered cluster of galaxies estimated to be roughly seven billion light years distant. The discovery was made possible by combining data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Subaru Telescope, operated by the National ...
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• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) visits National Air and Space Museum

  
  Smithsonian Libraries — Authority: 127
  On September 30th, 2009 the new Public Observatory of Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) opened. Secretary of the Smithsonian, G. Wayne Clough recently cited the observatory  project as an example of  the power of collaborations among Smithsonian units including The Smithsonian Center for ...
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• Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star

  
  SciNewsBlog — Authority: 134
  Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2009) — Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. "The compact star ...
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• The Daily Habit: Science

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 139
  New Galaxies Found http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091103/sc_space/hugegalaxyclusterhintsatuniversesskeleton    
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• 13:55 - New discovery could change sciences understanding of the universe and how it will end.. (audio)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 812
  Astronomer Dr Stuart Ryder, from the Anglo-Australian observatory, is speaking with Shon Walker.
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• Reservations about Resveratrol

  
  CJR — Authority: 610
  There is in the science press a kind of gene-of-the-month club for disease cures in which scientists discover that promoting or quieting a particular gene cures this condition or that. One prominent example in recent years has been the claim of remarkable potential for a compound named resveratrol. Specifically, it ...
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• TiLT - mwah! (let’s kiss this week goodbye, shall we?)

  
  NoTitles: still thinking — Authority: 116
  Well, Gala Darling is right . We need to make lists of things we are loving, things we are grateful for, and most importantly people who make life amazing. Why? Because it’s too damned easy to feel sorry for ourselves otherwise. So, here we go … First, MS Paint. Yes, I do have to start small. It’s been that ...
  6 days ago

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