Red Hot Spot, Primordial Holes, Spinning Gas Cloud, Dingo Diet, Slothy Sloths, Interview with Bad Astronomer – Philip Plait, and Much More…

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Yes, we discovered the Higgs

Yes, can cut, splice, and program DNA and RNA…

Yes, there are self driving cars…

Yes, the most powerful computer you ever purchased fits in your pocket…

Yes, the first black president of the united states served two terms…

and Yes, he is likely to be replaced by the first female president…

But, this is just the present day…

The future has much more in store for us…

Not all of it positive…

But so much of it positive that we will propel ourselves into this future knowing that there are obstacles,

And knowing that we are alive in the generation that overcomes them…

The generation that solves hard problems,

And applies easy solutions to the problems that never should have stood as obstacles to begin with.

The future isn’t here yet…

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Red Hot Spot

Astronomers taking Jupiter’s temperature found that the great red spot is the source of non-solar energy for heating Jupiter’s atmosphere.

Primordial Holes

Japanese researchers postulate that the observed LIGO black hole mergers have been not just black holes,

Interview w/ Dr. Enrique Abreu re: ketamine therapy for depression, So Hot!, Brain Mapping Matters, Brilliant Ducks, Turtle Shells, Zero-Knowledge Time, Bonobo Mentors, City Punk Birds, And Much More…

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to find it.

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Interview with Dr. Enrique Abreu on the science of ketamine therapy for major depressive disorder.

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So Hot!

The first 6 months of 2016 have broken all temperature records! Are we on track to win once La Nina has an influence on conditions?

Shifting Clouds, JunoCam, Two Blind Mice, Cicada Turn On, Crow Clean Up, Raven Friends, Cannibal Neanderthals, Social Immune Brains, Bacterial Brains, X Marks Brainy Maps Echolocation For All, Monkey Tools, Monkey Smarts, Swimming Robot Domination, And Much More…

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Whatever you are doing…

Think for a moment that this is your last moment…

That however it happens, whatever the cause…

Suddenly this is to be your last moment alive…

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Rewind the week, the month and even the year…

How would you live differently in this frame of time?

Knowing the precise moment in which all moments end.

We can’t of course live productive lives thinking this way

But when given reason to reflect, we should make space for it.

Because nothing is guaranteed…

And death makes meaningless all work not done out of love

And all time spent on uninspired efforts, away from those we love

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Shifting Clouds

An analysis of cloud cover from 1983-2009 found that cloud cover is tending toward the poles, and that storm clouds are reaching higher, both predicted effects of climate change.

JunoCam First light from orbit

JunoCam has started sending back images.

Juno You Know, Extremophile Culture!, Fungi farming, Paper Wasps Misrepresentin’, Bonobo Lady Wiles, The American Ostrich, Faulty fMRIs, Beetle Penises, Matching Genomes, Octopus Eyes, Martian Moons, Titan Life?, And Much More…

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Juno You Know

Successfully performing a brilliant entry into orbit around Jupiter, the tank-like spacecraft named after Jupiter’s wife begins its science mission.

Extreme-ophile Culture!

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Lab have succeeded in growing nanoarchaebacteria in the lab. These organisms survive in the crazy acidic hot springs in Yellowstone, and have eluded culturing before now. Thanks to genomic sequencing, the researchers were able to determine the metabolic needs of the bacteria, and design appropriate culture conditions… made to order!

Fungi farming

Plant growth responses to high carbon dioxide depend on symbiotic fungi.

Misleading bonobo ladies use their feminine wiles to keep the peace

Bonobo females conveniently swell at times only occasionally signaling their actual ovulation. This takes the decision of when to mate out of the maleR...

Mercury’s A Meteorite?, Mars Might Tridymite, Sneaky Black Holes, Hobbit Hole Fires, Kalimantan Deep Skull, Naked Dragons, Blue Tit Danger Songs, Snails On Acid, Chronically Your Gut, THC For Brains, Air Combat Robot Domination, Cockatoo Smarts, Sexy Mantis Snacks, Sexy Smelling Birds, Exercise To Remember, Text Brain?, And Much More…

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Mercury’s A Meteorite?

Using chemical sleuthing and a hot pressure cooker, MIT geologists determined that the chemistry of Mercury’s oldest bits is similar to an extrememly rare form of meteorite.

Mars Might Tridymite

According to NASA, an unexpected molecule called tridymite showed up on Mars, leading researchers to muse that Mars might have had a more volcanic past than previously thought.

Sneaky Black Holes

There might be a lot more black holes in the universe than we thought based on a recent finding that a star isn’t actually a star at ...

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Interview with RobotGrrl Erin Kennedy re: Robot Missions, New MS Treatment, Gravitational Waves, Hobbit Update, LED free cows, CO2 + Volcanic Rocks = Awesome, New Improved Meteorite, Seeing Exoplanets, Rewarding Empathy, Venus Pictures, Penis Bones, Brainy Birds, And Much More…

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