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Image via Wikipedia A black hole unmasked : " Black holes are among the most amazing and bizarre predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity . A black hole is thought to be point-like in dimension, but it is surrounded by an imaginary surface, or "edge," of finite size (its " event horizon ") within which anything that ventures becomes lost forever to the rest of the universe." Related articles A black hole unmasked (physorg.com) Massive black hole gives up its secrets (cbsnews.com)

Image via Wikipedia Longevity Genes (1 of 5): Nir Barzilai, M.D. - YouTube : "Longevity Genes (1 of 5): Nir Barzilai, M.D." Related articles Genomics prize pushes hunt for longevity secrets in seniors' DNA (cbsnews.com)

Longevity Genes: Trailer - YouTube : "Longevity Genes: Trailer" 'via Blog this' Longevity Genes: Trailer Related articles Longevity research is not Ageing research (ageingcancer.wordpress.com) Longevity More Linked To Genes Than Lifestyle, Research Reveals (medicalnewstoday.com) The longevity gene (jimbocyberdoc.wordpress.com) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (learningfromdogs.com) Early longevity gene findings disputed (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

Cover via Amazon Mozilla | FIGHT SOPA : "The internet we know and love is at risk. Help save it. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could profoundly affect the future of the internet . It's called the Stop Online Piracy Act. http://mzl.la/vEF76z The fact is that this legislation as written won't stop piracy. But it would pose a serious threat to social media and user generated content sites (like YouTube ) across the internet. It could also undermine some of the core technical systems underlying the internet, creating new cybersecurity risks." Related articles Help Us Stop the "Stop Online Piracy Act"! (metalsucks.net) Stop the Stop Online Piracy Act Now (fool.com)

Image via Wikipedia Forget 'six degrees'--we are actually closer | Digital Media - CNET News : "In a continuation of the concept of " six degrees of separation ," Facebook and the University of Milan announced tonight they had determined that the average number of people who separate any two individuals in the world is actually 4.74." "Using state-of-the-art algorithms developed at the Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Università degli Studi di Milano, we were able to approximate the number of hops between all pairs of individuals on Facebook. We found that six degrees actually overstates the number of links between typical pairs of users: While 99.6% of all pairs of users are connected by paths with 5 degrees (6 hops), 92% are connected by only four degrees (5 hops). Related articles Forget 'six degrees'--we are actually closer (news.cnet.com) Separating You and Me? 4.74 Degrees (nytimes.com) Facebook is bringing peopl...

World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion - YouTube : "World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion" Related articles What is freehand drawing how is it different from subject drawing (wiki.answers.com) Drawing Skills: Day Four - Freehand Sketching (a gift!) (theinteriordesignstudent.wordpress.com)

Cover of Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964 - YouTube :  "Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964" Related articles Arthur C. Clarke Predicted The Internet And Teleworking In 1964 (gizmodo.com.au) Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future ... And Kind of Nails It (1964) (openculture.com) Arthur C. Clarke Predicts Future (outsidethebeltway.com) Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Future in 1964, Gets It Oddly Right (brainpickings.org)

Image via Wikipedia More data shows neutrinos still faster than light - physics-math - 18 November 2011 - New Scientist : "One of the most staggering results in physics – that neutrinos may go faster than light – has not gone away with two further weeks of observations. The researchers behind the jaw-dropping finding are now confident enough in the result that they are submitting it to a peer-reviewed journal ." Image via Wikipedia Theorists have been struggling to reconcile the September result with the laws of physics . Einstein 's theory of special relativity posits that nothing can travel faster than light, and many physicists believe the result could disappear in a puff of particles. .. .ero Can Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light? from İhlas Koleji on Vimeo . Related articles New Tests Appear To Confirm Claim That Neutrinos Traveled Faster Than Light (forbes.com) Experiments support 'faster-than-light' clai...

Image via Wikipedia Egyptology News: Libya update - satellite imagery uncovers new evidence : "Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilisation of the Sahara in Libya’s south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country." These “ lost cities ” were built by a little-known ancient civilisation called the Garamantes , whose lifestyle and culture was far more advanced and historically significant than the ancient sources suggested. Related articles Lost civilization of the Garamantes discovered in Libya's Sahara desert (100gf.wordpress.com) Satellites reveal Libya's lost 2,000-year-old cities [Archaeology] (io9.com) Castles of 'lost cities' revealed in Libya (msnbc.msn.com) Castles of 'Lost Cities' Revealed in Libyan Desert (livescience.com) Lost Civilization Discovered (foxnews.com) Lost cities found beneath sands of Sahara by satellites (go.theregister.com) "Lost" Sa...

Image via Wikipedia 2011 11 09.Russia:Mars probe stuck in Earth's orbit. - YouTube : Mars craft stuck in Earth orbit ( UKPA ) –  57 minutes ago    A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet - ours - and it could come crashing back to Earth in a couple weeks if engineers cannot coax it back on track. Space experts are hopeful that the space probe 's silent engines can be fired to send it off to Mars, but if not, it will plummet to Earth. Most US space debris experts think the fuel on board would explode harmlessly in the upper atmosphere and never reach the ground. The Federal Space Agency said the probe's orbit and its power sources could allow it to circle the Earth for about two weeks. Related articles Russians desperately try to save Mars moon probe (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Desperate rescue effort: Rogue space probe threatens to drop toxic debris on Earth (mercurynews...

Image by Wade Tregaskis via Flickr First Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55 - YouTube : "Using radar data, scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this six-frame movie of asteroid 2005 YU55. The data was obtained Nov. 7, 2011 using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar (located at the Deep Space Network facility in Goldstone, Ca.) At the time, the space rock was approximately 860,000 miles (1.38 million kilometers) away from Earth . At its closest approach on Nov. 8, 2011, YU55 will be about 200,000 miles from Earth. It poses no threat. Resolution is 4 meters per pixel." Related articles NASA Snaps New Photo of Incoming Asteroid (science.slashdot.org) Will Asteroid YU55 Hit Earth? (newsworldwide.wordpress.com) City-Block-Size Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Buzz Earth Today - Fox News (foxnews.com) Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth Tuesday (online.wsj.com) NASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth (spacefellowship.com...

Image via Wikipedia Aircraft Carrier-Sized Asteroid Zips Past Earth | Fox News :  "Nov. 7, 2011: This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 shows the space rock 3.6 lunar distances , which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth." Related articles City-Block-Size Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Buzz Earth Today - Fox News (foxnews.com) NASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth (nasa.gov) Astronomers expect close call on asteroid flyby (cbsnews.com) Big asteroid to make close, harmless zip by Earth (mercurynews.com) Asteroid to fly by Earth Tuesday; no chance of impact (ctv.ca) How to get a peek at speedy 2005 YU55 (msnbc.msn.com) Your guide to the asteroid encounter (cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com)

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Voyager - The Interstellar Mission : "The following is a listing of pictures electronically placed on the phonograph records which are carried onboard the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft" Related articles After 34 years, Voyager 2 will switch to unused backup thrusters (geek.com) Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set (spacefellowship.com) Aeronautical updates (aerostarsolutions.wordpress.com) Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set (nasa.gov) Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience (history.nasa.gov)

Possible new fission found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant | World | Reuters :  "Possible new "fission" found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant " "It can be assumed that isolated criticality took place for a short period of time judging from the presence of xenon," Tepco spokesman Junichi Matsumoto told reporters. Criticality is a state when controlled nuclear reactions take place and nuclear power plants harness the resulting heat to produce electricity. The amount of detected xenon was small and the nuclear fuel in the No 2 reactor is unlikely to have melted down again, Tepco said. The fuel in the No 2 reactor, along with two other reactors, had melted down early in the crisis after the tsunami knocked out the plant's cooling system triggering the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago. Related articles Japan, Vietnam to move ahead on nuclear plant deal (ctv.ca) Japan restarts reactor d...

Nuclear Bomb - First H Bomb test - YouTube : "Nuclear Bomb - First H Bomb test" Ivy Mike was the first H Bomb test, it was exploded at 7.15 am local time on November 1st 1952. The mushroom cloud was 8 miles across and 27 miles high. The canopy was 100 miles wide. Radioactive mud fell out of the sky followed by heavy rain. 80 million tons of earth was vaporised. Mike was the first ever megaton yeild explosion. I think that this footage is available in the "TRINITY AND BEYOND™ (The Atomic Bomb Movie)" movie (http://www.atomcentral.com/trinity.html) Related articles It Was On A Night Like This In Russia, 50 Years Ago... (forbes.com) US Dismantles Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb (inquisitr.com) End of an era: Last of big atomic bombs dismantled (sfgate.com) Nov. 1, 1952 | First Hydrogen Bomb Test (learning.blogs.nytimes.com) US dismantles last big Cold War nuclear bomb (telegraph.co.uk) Dr. Helen Caldicott on Fukushima and the Perils of Nuclear Power -...

Asian Ancestors Had Sex with Mysterious Human Cousins | Early Human Interbreeding | Genetics of Archaic Human Populations | Neanderthals & Denisovans | LiveScience : Neanderthals weren't the only ancient cousins that humans frequently mated with, according to a new study that finds that East Asian populations share genes with a mysterious archaic hominin species that lived in Siberia 40,000 years ago. "This group, the Denisovans, is known only by a few bone fragments: A finger bone, a tooth and possibly a toe bone, which is still undergoing analysis. " Related articles Asian Ancestors Had Sex with Mysterious Human Cousins (livescience.com) Archaic human ancestry in East Asia (Skoglund and Jakobsson 2011) (dienekes.blogspot.com) Human ancestors mated with more than Neanderthals (cbsnews.com) Genes of extinct ancestor survive in modern humans (arstechnica.com) Shared genes with Neanderthal relatives not unusual (eurekalert.org) Genes of Extinct An...