“It’s called a flux transfer event,” says space physicist David Sibeck. Approximately every eight minutes, the Earth’s magnetic field “reconnects” with the Sun’s, forming a cylindrical “magnetic portal” through which particles can flow. Why do the portals form every 8 minutes? How do magnetic fields inside the cylinder reconfigure? Electrically?
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Mars Lander, Newly Quiet, May Be at Mission’s End
NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander put itself in “safe mode” after its power reserves dipped too low, NASA announced Wednesday.
Oct
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Gay Marriage on California’s Ballot
In a room on the top floor of an evangelical church in San Diego, dozens of Christians are engaged in 40 days of round-the-clock praying and fasting. They are asking God to stop gay marriage in California.
Oct
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Discrimination
New No on Prop 8 Ad Calls Upon Californians to Reject Discrimination. Narrated by Samuel Jackson.
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Category: Nonprofits & Activism
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7 Mind-Blowing Projects From Microsoft Research
Everyone knows Microsoft never invents anything. Everything is bought in, copied from Apple or built by the PC manufacturer. Right? Not so, according to Rick Rashid, who’s been running Microsoft Research for 17 years. He coined the term NUMA – non-uniform memory access for handling cache in multi-processor systems – and popularized the idea of a…
Oct
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2008
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2008
New Signs That Ancient Mars Was Wet
Mars may have been wet for a billion years longer than previously thought, new water-related opal evidence from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. The findings have implications for the possibility that Mars once supported life.
Oct
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Betty White calls Sarah Palin a ‘crazy bitch’
Betty White calls Sarah Palin a “crazy bitch” while posing as a McCain speechwriter on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Category: Comedy
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Oct
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Congressman Kucinich: The Timing of the US Attack in Syria is Politically Motivated
Congressman Kucinch “We Must Question the Timing. We are on the eve of national elections and we must be mindful of the Administration’s past manipulation of security issues in order to influence public opinion.”
commentary that the Attack in Syria was political motivated to potentially changed the result of the presidential election.
Category: News & Politics
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Oct
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In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
Panelists discuss whether Halloween candy and costumes have distracted us from placating demons to ensure a bountiful harvest.
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