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Omfg look what I found this is beautiful.
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Are we not yet all talking about how George W. Bush likes to paint himself in the shower?
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Lessig Blog, v2: 2 .GE On my way (by train via DC to avoid #Nemo) to Georgia (as in .GE) to help/learn/think about their latest constitutional crisis. Twenty years ago this work began, with a delegation from Georgia traveling to the University of Chicago and drafting their first, post-communist Constitution. What…
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Challenge of the Day: Build a Backyard Luge
Transform your backyard into a Winter playground with a double luge fit for racing. Make sure the conditions are just right for carving out a route and buzzing out the curves for a zigzagged course. This project solves a challenge for the Yeti Skill.
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Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make
Via Spoon and Tamago:
Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches.
(via storyboard)
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15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban in October for defying the group’s ban on girls’ education, has been discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after cranial reconstruction and a cochlear implant to restore hearing in her left ear.
Photo: University Hospitals Birmingham / AFP
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Researchers Develop Model for Identifying Habitable Zones Around Star |
Researchers searching the galaxy for planets that could pass the litmus test of sustaining water-based life must find whether those planets fall in a habitable zone, where they could be capable of having liquid water and sustaining life. New work, led by a team of Penn State researchers, will help scientists in that search.
Using the latest data, the Penn State Department of Geosciences team has developed an updated model for determining whether discovered planets fall within a habitable zone. The work builds on a prior model by James Kasting, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, to offer a more precise calculation of where habitable zones around a star can be found.
Comparing the new estimates with the previous model, the team found that habitable zones are actually farther away from the stars than previously thought.
“This has implications for finding other planets with life on them,” said post-doctoral researcher Ravi kumar Kopparapu, a lead investigator on the study, which will be published described in Astrophysical Journal.
For the paper, Kopparapu and graduate student Ramses Ramirez used updated absorption databases of greenhouse gases (HITRAN and HITEMP). The databases have more accurate information on water and carbon dioxide than previously was available and allowed the research team to build new estimates from the groundbreaking model Kasting created 20 years ago for other stars.
