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capricorn, capricorn science definition | Science dictionary at Dictionary.com : " Science Dictionary Capricorn (kāp'rĭ-kôrn') or Capricornus (kāp'rĭ-kôrn') Pronunciation Key A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Aquarius and sagittarius. Capricorn (the Goat) is the tenth sign of the zodiac. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin . All rights reserved. Cite This Source" .. .ero .

Tropic of Capricorn - Science Definition : "Tropic of Capricorn The parallel of latitude approximately 23°27: south. It forms the boundary between the Torrid and South Temperate zones ." .. .ero . Related articles Marking the Winter Solstice of 2010 (amnh.org) "Astrology in December 2010 and January 2011 - A Sagittarius-Gemini Lunar Eclipse and Capricorn Solar Eclipse Are On The Way!" and related posts (aquariuspapers.com)

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Capricorn - Science Definition : "Capricorn (kăpˈrĭ-kôrnˌ) or Capricornus (kăpˌrĭ-kôrˈnəs) A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Sagittarius . Capricorn (the Goat) is the tenth sign of the zodiac. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company . Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved." .. .ero . Related articles "Exact Mars-Pluto-Mercury Conjunction at 4 Degrees Capricorn" and related posts (astrodispatch.com) "Astrology in December 2010 and January 2011 - A Sagittarius-Gemini Lunar Eclipse and Capricorn Solar Eclipse Are On The Way!" and related posts (aquariuspapers.com) "Astrology and Mercury Retrograde December 2010 in Capricorn and Sagittarius - What Is Mercury Retrograde?" and related posts (aquariuspapers.com) "Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn in December 2010, Pt. 2 - What It Means For Aries, Taur

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test : "What is Speedtest.net? Use Speedtest.net to test the speed of your Internet connection. See if you are getting what you pay for and share your results with others!"

Image via Wikipedia The technology of Santa | Marketplace From American Public Media : . . . "we are joined by North Pole technology consultants Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy . They explain such phenomena as Santa's revolutionary uranium-based reindeer propulsion system and Santa's ability to shrink an in-transit toy to a molecular level. Did you know Santa invented Google Maps ? We learn about tha t." .. .ero . Related articles Track Santa With NORAD and Google (mashable.com) Watch Santa Tour The Globe With Google Earth (crushable.com) Behind the Scenes: NORAD's Santa Tracker (cbsnews.com) Santa Tracker: Find Out Where He Is Now (news.sky.com) Santa Claus Gets Social Thanks to NORAD (nytimes.com)

Lunar Eclipse 2010 PHOTOS: Images Of December's Rare Full Moon Event From Around The World : "This combo of pictures taken in Manassas, Virginia shows the moon in different stages of a total lunar eclipse on December, 21, 2010. During the eclipse, the Earth will align between the full moon and the sun, covering the lunar surface in shadow. The eclipse is also falling on the same day as the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere – a rare occurrence that hasn't happened in 372 years. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)"

Image via Wikipedia Imagining the Tenth Dimension : "Thinking that there is a set of all possible states that already exists for our universe leads some back to the idea that free will is an illusion, since within that wave function we can see that everything that can happen already has happened from the perspective of timelessness." .. .ero . Related articles Imagining the Tenth Dimension part 1 & 2 (kestalusrealm.wordpress.com) ever-spawning copies of the universe (3quarksdaily.com) Blog - Cosmologists Discover How Black Holes Can Leak (technologyreview.com)

Image via Wikipedia Pythagoras - Geometry : " PYTHAGORAS of SAMOS A Collection of Essays and Lessons for Junior and Senior High School " .. .ero . Related articles Pythagoras, a math genius? Not by Babylonian standards (cnn.com) Dow Diary: Flat as a Punctured Tire (observer.com)

Ars Technica : "FCC: Yup, we're going to stop 'paid prioritization' on the 'Net about 21 hours ago - by Matthew Lasar | Posted in: Law & Disorder The FCC's net neutrality Order makes a point of warning that priority access deals between wireline ISPs and content providers are unlikely to be allowed. But how far will the Commission go in making good on this threat?"

Image via Wikipedia World Wide Web - Net-Neutrality Reaction Is Far from Neutral : "It seems few are happy with the Federal Communications Commission vote approving Net neutrality. Free Press said the Net-neutrality vote allows 'discrimination online,' while Republicans were simply opposed. The FCC's vote could make Comcast 's extra fee for competitors illegal. But 'reasonable network management ' could offer a loophole." .. .ero . Related articles What you need to know about the FCC's net neutrality ruling (dvice.com) FCC Net Neutrality Vote Sets Up Legal Challenges (informationweek.com) Wingnut Blogs Go Cuckoo Over Net Neutrality (littlegreenfootballs.com) Talking Net Neutrality on Fox 25 (cc-chapman.com)

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Divided FCC adopts Internet traffic rules | Reuters : "Under the rules, the blocking of legal content would be banned but providers like Comcast and Verizon Communications can 'reasonably' manage their networks and charge consumers based on levels of Internet usage ." .. .ero . Related articles New Internet Traffic Rules,Users may end up paying for down loads. (ramanan50.wordpress.com) Divided FCC adopts rules to protect Web traffic (physorg.com)

Image via Wikipedia Earth's Seasons — Naval Oceanography Portal : "Equinoxes, Solstices , Perihelion , and Aphelion, 2000-2020" .. .ero . Related articles How Change of Seasons Affects Animals and Humans (livescience.com) Earth's seasons change at not-so-equal equinox (mnn.com)

Image by turbojoe (away) via Flickr Celebrate This Winter Solstice Like No Other! : Starts With A Bang : "Celebrate This Winter Solstice Like No Other! Category: Astronomy • Solar System Posted on: December 17, 2010 1:19 PM, by Ethan Siegel" .. .ero . Related articles "Winter Solstice 2010 full moon" and related posts (personalmoneystore.com)

Image via Wikipedia Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time : "No chairman should be soliciting sign-off from the corporations that his agency is supposed to regulate -- and no true advocate of a free and open Internet should be seeking the permission of large media conglomerates before issuing new rules." .. .ero . Related articles Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time (huffingtonpost.com) Free the Internet! Time for the Net Neutrality Vote (marketingpilgrim.com) FCC to vote Tuesday on 'net neutrality' rules (cnn.com) Why we fight for net neutrality (liberatemedia.com) Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality (yro.slashdot.org)

UN mulls internet regulation options - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au : "The United Nations is considering whether to set up an inter-governmental working group to harmonise global efforts by policy makers to regulate the internet." .. .ero .

Image via Wikipedia The Atomic Heritage Foundation - Home : "The Atomic Heritage Foundation (AHF), founded by Cynthia Kelly in 2002, is a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC , dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Age and its legacy. The Foundation's goal is to provide the public not only a better understanding of the past but also a basis for addressing scientific, technical, political, social and ethical issues of the 21st century." .. .ero . Related articles City of Wonder will soon leap into the Atomic Age! (games.com) Atomic Age tiki time on the model railroad (mt-soft.com.ar) City Of Wonder: Atomic Age has arrived, blinds us with lasers and music (games.com) Tracing the Manhattan Project (technologyreview.in) Atomic Age tiki time on the model railroad (makezine.com) START and Reagan: My response to Tripp Baird of the Heritage Foundation (thehill.com) Tiny laser light show illuminates quantum

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Image via Wikipedia The History of Artificial Intelligence | SULAIR : "The rich archival documentation available in the Stanford Libraries on the history of artificial intelligence includes important film, video and audio resources." .. .ero . Related articles Google and Artificial Intelligence (arnoldit.com) The Stanford Innovation Juggernaut | American Libraries Magazine (americanlibrariesmagazine.org) Music Library | SULAIR (lib.stanford.edu) How Apple conceived an iPad with artificial intelligence in the 1990s (eu.techcrunch.com) http://www.bajobs.com/Details.aspx?ListingID=fe7318b9-9d02-44d9-b3b1-eb693b870fe4 (bajobs.com) A Brain Made of Memristors (brainblogger.com)

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Image by dougtone via Flickr Ice fog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : "In The Old Farmer's Almanac , in the calendar for December, the phrase ' Beware the Pogonip ' regularly appears." .. .ero . Related articles I've Learned A New Word (thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com) So if Wikipedia is the web's encyclopedia, where is the web's user's manual? (scripting.com) Who were the gang of 22? (politics.ie) Muda (Japanese term) reducing waste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (techparade.blogspot.com)

Image via Wikipedia Neil Gaiman's favorite photography app: Vignette for Android | Tech Report | Marketplace from American Public Media : Related articles Neil Gaiman Doesn't Blink (dashpunk.com) Details Emerge Regarding Neil Gaiman's DOCTOR WHO Episode (geektyrant.com) Happy 50th Birthday, Neil Gaiman! (wired.com) There's a Weeping Angel In My Honey and Other True Things (journal.neilgaiman.com) From My Library: Fragile Things (readmorebooks.wordpress.com) Best Of 2010: Gaiman On The 'Golden Age' Of Comics (npr.org) Andrew Shaffer: Neil Gaiman at the House on the Rock (SLIDESHOW) (huffingtonpost.com) "The Price" by Neil Gaiman - A Kickstarter Drive (tor.com) Three Days Left to Help Contribute to "The Price" (wired.com) A New Partnership: American Public Media's Public Insight Network (propublica.org) Book Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (rodolfojreregia.blogspot.com)

Image by evalottchen via Flickr David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization | Video on TED.com David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world. .. .ero . Related articles Data visualization videos (r-bloggers.com)

Image via Wikipedia Does the Mayan Calendar Really Predict December 21, 2012 End of the World? - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com : "Why Do Some Believe the End of the World Will Happen on December 21, 2012, and What Does the Mayan Calendar Have to Do with It?" .. .ero . Related articles 2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong (idle.slashdot.org) 'End of the world' delayed - by Mayan calendar (msnbc.msn.com) "Textbook: Mayan Calendar is Way Off" and related posts (yeranenyaakov.blogspot.com) Has Doomsday Been Postponed? (lewrockwell.com) "Doomsday Postponed: Mayan Calendar May Be Wrong" and related posts (shtfplan.com) "The Mayan Apocalypse" by Mark Hitchcock/Alton Gansky (onedesertrose.wordpress.com) 2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong (news.discovery.com) Phew! 2012 Doomsday Date May Be Wrong (abcnews.go.com) 2012 Apocalypse - Postponed (foxnews.com) &q

Image via Wikipedia What to Look for When Buying a New Mp3 Player or IPod - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com : "What to Look for When Buying a New Mp3 Player or IPod" .. .ero . Related articles The Best Philips Case to Protect Your MP3 Player (brighthub.com) Yahoo Hyperlocal Betas With Little Fanfare (marketingpilgrim.com) Vibe and Vegas Show: Should Black Women Wait for Their Black Prince Charming or Date Outside Their Race? (thevibeandvegasshow.wordpress.com) 'Real Housewife' NeNe Leakes Filed For Divorce 'Months Ago' (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com) Ron Santo Remembered: Chicago Mourns Cubs Legend (PHOTOS) (huffingtonpost.com) Dr. Michael J. Breus: Drowsy Driving: Don't Find Yourself Doing It This Holiday Season (huffingtonpost.com) Yahoo Local Comes To Neighborhoods (YHOO, AOL) (businessinsider.com) Top 10 Sony MP3 Player Accessories: Reviews & Buying Guide (brighthub.com) Beresford-Redman Case: Judge Rejects TV

YouTube - markfiore's Channel : "Science-gate From: markfiore | December 30, 2009 | 17,121 views http://www.MarkFiore.com  See who else is behind the ' Climate-gate ' emails that were release right before the Copenhagen climate summit . Who else is calling people idiots and letting their personal biases into their research correspondence? A Mark Fiore political animation." Science-gate .. .ero .

Image via Wikipedia Xbox-Modding Judge Berates Prosecution, Puts Trial on Hold | Threat Level | Wired.com : "The fair-use issue came up as the judge berated prosecutor Allen Chiu’s proposed jury instructions , which included the assertion that the government need not prove that Crippen “willfully” breached the law, in what is known as “ mens rea ” in legal parlance. The judge noted that the government’s own intellectual property crimes manual concerning the 1998 DMCA says the defendant has to have some knowledge that he was breaking the law." .. .ero . Related articles Xbox Modding Judge Berates Prosecution, Puts Trial on Hold (wired.com) Xbox Modding Trial - Fair use not allowed (adafruit.com) First Criminal Trial Over Game Console Mod Chips Begins Tuesday (wired.com) Man May Face 10 Years in Prison for Modding an Xbox (escapistmagazine.com) If You Have a Blog and Allow Comments, Register for DCMA Protections, Sites Warn (abajournal.com) Threat Level: U.S. Sh

Image via Wikipedia Samuel T. Cohen, Neutron Bomb Inventor, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com : "In contrast to strategic warheads, which can kill millions and level cities, and smaller short-range tactical nuclear arms designed to wipe out battlefield forces, the neutron bomb minimized blast and heat. Instead, it maximized a barrage of infinitesimal neutrons that could zip through tanks, buildings and other structures and killed people, usually by destroying the central nervous system , and all other life forms." .. .ero . Related articles Father of Neutron Bomb Dies (online.wsj.com) You: Samuel Cohen, Nuclear Physicist, Dies (nytimes.com) Iran nuclear physicist killed, another hurt in bombings (seattletimes.nwsource.com) The Lifespan of a Gun Barrel Is about Six Seconds (neatorama.com)