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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    05:20 AM

    What if the Earth had a ring system like Saturn's? What would it look like from different places on Earth?

    Here's an allegedly accurate video of that prospect, and it is rather awesome:

    [wimp.com]

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    11/21/09

    A fascinating look at an astrolabe, the primary means of identifying the positions of stars and planets back some 600 years ago.

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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/21/09

    Empty LA by Matt Logue.

    As always, empty cities are creepy.

    [emptyla.com]

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    11/21/09

    Michael Moorcock writes about what Doctor Who means to him and how he's going to go about writing his Doctor Who novel.

    From the guardian.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    Hey, have you guys seen this?

    [www.zmangames.com]

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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/20/09

    LED Tattoos Could Make Your Skin a Screen
    [www.wired.com]

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    11/20/09

    Re-start for 'Big Bang' machine
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    "Engineers working on the machine achieved a stable, circulating proton beam just after 2100 GMT on Friday."

    (cue in evil laughter)

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    11/20/09

    Q&A: Large Hadron Collider repairs
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

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    11/19/09


    5 "Oddball" Crocs Discovered, Including Dinosaur-Eater
    [news.nationalgeographic.com]

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    11/19/09

    Star Trek phaser finally a reality - sort of...
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    Meteor illuminates the Utah sky
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

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    11/18/09

    Planet 51 not doing so well down at Rottentomatoes...

    [www.rottentomatoes.com]

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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/18/09

    Tiny chip could diagnose disease
    [news.bbc.co.uk]

    This is pretty cool. The chip uses capillarity to draw a tiny amount of blood, from which disease markers can be identified.

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    11/18/09

    Mystery 'dark flow' extends towards edge of universe
    [www.newscientist.com]

    Apparently otherwise disconnected universes can influence one another by exchanging... something, in what's being called "dark flow."

    And one possible explanation is totally awesome: these universes are quantum-mechanically entangled.

    Quantum entanglement at the scale of the universe. Someone call Rodney McKay ASAP...

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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/17/09

    When vicious predators aren't...

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    11/16/09

    Giant jellyfish attack due to global warming

    [news.yahoo.com]

    It's starting, folks... nature's going to wipe humanity off.
    (cue in evil laughter)

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