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First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Winsor School celebrates commencement

(Photo courtesy Winsor School)By boston.comStudents of the Winsor School celebrated their graduation this month when the school honored the class of 2013 at its 119th commencement ceremony.Fifty-nine students graduated from the private girls school during ... [Published Boston Globe - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Winsor School, Lisa Randall, Cosmology

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

BBC Worldwide

Why do we get bored?

Like hunger, thirst and loneliness, boredom is a negative feeling that drives us to change our behaviour. Natural selection has favoured individuals with the capacity to feel bored because they are more likely to discover or create things that improve ... [Published BBC Focus Magazine - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Immediate Media Company Ltd, BBC Worldwide, UVA radiation, Phlegm, Cosmology

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Young World quiz

1. On this date, 30 years ago, who became the first American woman in space?2. According to the latest Forbes List of "world's highest paid athletes", which Indian cricketer is ranked at No. 16 with a total pay of $31.5 million?3. The armies of the Seventh ... [Published The Hindu - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Miguel Indurain, Waterloo (Belgium), Eddy Merckx, Rod Laver

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: Church doctrine changes along with the times

Church doctrine changes along with the times that criticized pro-choice Catholics spoke about Catholic Church doctrine as if it was a static set of absolute rulings that have remained unchanged since the beginning of time. Nothing could be further from ... [Published Buffalo News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Pro-Choice, Cosmology, Teaching

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Lost City Found in Cambodian Jungle

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery in the jungles of a Cambodia -- the lost city of Mahendraparvata , mentioned in ancient texts. Strapping laser technology to a helicopter, the team scoured a mountain north of Angkor where ancient texts have ... [Published Daily Grail - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Jayavarman II, Graham Hancock, Cosmology

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss – book review | Tim Radford

Krauss's venture into the Star Trek world of antimatter drives, dilithium crystals and tractor beams is entirely serious Teleportation is technically demanding, especially when the object being teleported is a whole human. The energy required to turn ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Krauss, Speed of Light, Star Trek

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Why do we have lines on the palms of our hands?

So that we can scrunch our hands into a fist, or other complex shapes, without excessive stretching or leaving bags of loose skin – think about how much movement occurs when you’re typing, holding a cup or doing chores. The lines are called ‘palmar flexion ... [Published BBC Focus Magazine - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Immediate Media Company Ltd, UVA radiation, Phlegm, Cosmology

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Realising a dream to bring cosmology to a wider audience

PROFESSOR Brian Cox’s career path is stranger than any fiction. ... [Published Yorkshire Post - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Cosmology, Brian Cox

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

Back Off, Man. I'm A Scientist! Greene, Carroll And Frank Open Seattle Science Festival 2013

The Seattle Science Festival 2013 opened Thursday night at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. The event, emceed by journalist Jennifer Ouellette, brought together some of the country’s top theoretical physicists: Brian Greene, Sean Carroll and Adam Frank. The ... [Published Forbes.com - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Cosmology, Sean Carroll, Black Hole, Brian Greene

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

Urry: U.S. scientists need to travel

Indianapolis is known for Indy 500 car racing and its playoff-worthy Pacers basketball team. But this week, astronomers like me have taken over the town for the 222nd meeting of the American Astronomical Society.You may have seen coverage of new discoveries ... [Published KESQ - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: NASA, Astronomy, American Astronomical Society

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 2 reports

Birth of the universe: What Planck can tell us

Space.comA map of the universe based on its oldest light is giving astronomers hope that they may be able to answer some of the deepest questions of the cosmos, including how it got started.Scientists met last week at the University of California, Davis ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 28 2013]

Entities: University of California Davis, Charles Lawrence, Inflation, Cosmology

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

COSMOLOGY TODAY: BIG BANG AND ALL

Location: 20 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA 01742 When:June 5, 2013Time: 7:00 pm–9:00 pmGet caught up on 21st-century cosmology with Alan MacRobert, a senior editor of Sky & Telescope, America's leading astronomy magazine. Alan became an amateur astronomer ... [Published Concord Patch - May 24 2013]

Entities: Cosmology, Big Bang, Planetoid, Astronomy

Quotes

Now take the radical step of turning this over to the universal power of grace. Offer the obstacles to Durga, saying, "I offer all this to the Durga Shakti, asking that your grace dissolve all obstacles, inner and outer."

The Protective Power of the Sacred Feminine [Published Alt Muslim - Jun 17 2013]

...This week you can take a lesson in nowhere-left-to-go by watching the great Dawn Fraser on Celebrity Apprentice, saying, "Yes, Mr Bouris. No, Mr Bouris. Three bags full, Mr Bouris." Fawning to some overcooked metrosexual pretty-boy who, if he had any respect, would say, "Mrs Fraser, please call me Mark...

Sport's strung out twilight [Published Melbourne Age - Jun 15 2013]

"When scientists do ultimately figure out how the brain works--however long it takes, this accomplishment will probably be considered the greatest scientific achievement in all of human history" said John Wingfield, NSF's Assistant Director for the Biological Sciences

Prying Open the Black Box of the Brain [Published National Science Foundation - Jun 12 2013]

"Euclid will address the cosmology-themed questions of ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-25 program with advanced payload technologies, enabling Europe to become a world leader in this field of research" said Thomas Passvogel, Head of the Project Department in ESA’s Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration

Euclid to uncover universe?s darkest secrets with Astrium science module [Published TruthDive - Jun 12 2013]

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Fairytale of New Physics [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 16 2013]
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Sport's strung out twilight [Published Melbourne Age - Jun 15 2013]
Lost City Found in Cambodian Jungle [Published Daily Grail - Jun 15 2013]
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The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss –... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 14 2013]
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Why do we have lines on the palms of our hands? [Published BBC Focus Magazine - Jun 13 2013]
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Blogs

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The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss –... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 14 2013] Krauss's venture into the Star Trek world of antimatter drives, dilithium crystals and tractor beams is entirely serious Teleportation is technically demanding, especially when the object being teleported is a whole human. The energy required to turn ...
DIY Philosophy: Crowd Models to Democratize Par... [Published Broader Perspective - Jun 09 2013] The model for computing and info tech exploded with the PC and the Internet – democratizing the field across all strata and making it accessible to any interested individual. The worldwide technology and startup industry has boomed and proliferated ...
Study suggests black holes abundant among the e... [Published EarthSky - Jun 06 2013] Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, which observes in the infrared, researchers have concluded one of every five sources contributing to the infrared signal is a black hole. “Our results indicate black ...
Is Nature Unnatural? - New Physics Complication... [Published St George West - Jun 03 2013] <b>Decades of confounding experiments have physicists considering a startling possibility: The universe might not make sense.</b><a href="https://www.simonsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fork-in-road_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; ...
New ET detection method leads to quest for worl... [Published EarthSky - May 30 2013] Until recently, one of the ultimate mysteries of the universe — how many civilizations may exist on planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way Galaxy — relied on the possibility of detecting intelligent beings by radio signals. Now a team of astronomers, ...

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NASA To Hold News Teleconference To Discuss Pla... [Published PR Newswire: Heavy Industry & Manufacturing - Mar 19 2013]
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