New Extrasolar Planet System Found

Thursday, 13 November 2008, 23:48 | Category : Space, Uncategorized
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NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captures Saturn’s creepy Polar Aurora

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 23:53 | Category : Space
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This image is a composite captured with Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on November 10, 2006. Cassini got an image of the clouds on on June 15, 2008. The northern polar region of Saturn shows both the aurora and underlying atmosphere, seen at two different wavelengths of infrared light.

“Who Killed the Electric Car” full doc online

Now you don’t have a reason not to have seen this doc:

The disappearing octopus…

Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 0:34 | Category : Animals
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In keeping with the theme, watch this video (pay close attention particularly around the 1:35 mark):

The Disappearing Male

Sunday, 9 November 2008, 10:42 | Category : Future, Health, Policy
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An excellent CBC doc that talks about how plastics and chemicals are affecting male reproductive health…Must see: OR you can watch this and other great docs on CBC.ca’s player, at: CBC Documentaries Player

Time Magazine’s Top 10 Inventions of 2008

Friday, 7 November 2008, 0:24 | Category : Future, Technology, Uncategorized
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Just watch

Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 20:28 | Category : Uncategorized
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Awesome ad that plays on the idea of evolution:

A President’s Guide to Science

Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 0:16 | Category : General Science, Policy
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Something to think about, regardless of who wins:

Playing catch-up

Okay, so I committed the cardinal sin of blogging, and went AWOL for about a month. But in my defence, lots was going on. Here’s a quick post-mortem: We wrapped up Film Snacks, and have our winner: “Good morning, Steve”. This short had the entire web team laughing off our seats. Definitely memorable and innovative […]

One small step…

Monday, 29 September 2008, 22:52 | Category : Space
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Three Chinese astronauts landed safely in the Northern Inner Mongolia region Sunday, following a 68-hour voyage aboard the Shenzhou VII vessel. The mission – deemed by all state accounts a success – reaffirmed China’s intent on expanding its space programme. Shenzhou VII is also a crucial step toward eventually assembling a space lab, and a […]