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The Witch Head Nebula by Lee February 12, 2012 5:29 pm

A huge wind turbine, a remotely piloted helicopter, and an incredible video. by bowser February 10, 2012 4:23 pm

Leapfrogging technologies by bowser February 10, 2012 2:43 am

The Google self-driving car by TB February 7, 2012 8:33 pm

Belgium and its light pollution (Antwerp is the bright light just below the ISS arm

Belgium from the ISS :-( by Raoul January 30, 2012 2:16 pm

I'm assuming the "sad face" is the response of a night-sky enthusiast to all the brilliant lighting? by TB 2012-01-30 17:25:57
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- Yes, indeed! Disastrous! by Raoul 2012-02-02 15:06:35
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  - You must really hate those night-time maps of Earth. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:44:48
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Mojave Space Port by TB January 31, 2012 8:24 pm

How easy was it to fly the Roton (in your perspective)? Also, is the name I see in Rotary Rocket's Wikipedia ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:39:29
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Well, you have to admit they couldn't have had a better looking poster boy. Maybe if they'd gone with ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:10:09
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I sure thought that was a good idea. I even tried to invest in it, back when I had faith ... by FrankC 2012-01-31 23:31:24
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Li-Fi? by TB January 30, 2012 5:31 pm

Norman Edmund, RIP by TB January 28, 2012 10:11 pm

He lived a long and useful life, and touched many people in a positive way, including me. What better epitaph ... by ER 2012-01-29 06:35:47
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Rethinking "Out of Africa" by TB January 19, 2012 4:38 pm

All we have is what we know of the end result, and what we've dug up of the fossil record. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:44:55
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How did the Orangutans get out of Africa? by Lee 2012-01-22 14:25:10
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- Joan of Ark. by bowser 2012-01-28 02:12:48
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- Orangutan walking by Robert 2012-01-27 09:46:20
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- Maybe God put them there by magic so we wouldn't have to believe in Evolution. by ER 2012-01-27 07:13:02
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- Before the end of the last Ice Age, all those islands were a peninsula, and I suspect this was true ... by TB 2012-01-22 14:53:17
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- Yeah, and how did they get to America? I've seen orangs myself! by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:40:29
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It is interesting. I think the role of experts is to make things more complex, more complicated. I ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:28:19
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Galileo Roller Coaster by alcaray January 21, 2012 10:45 pm

OK, how do you do links, now? by alcaray 2012-01-21 22:47:04
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- WYSIWYG editors require you to use a special form for entering links, or switch to naked HTML mode to enter ... by Robert 2012-01-22 12:37:00
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  - The first thing I tried was the "link" button (I think you were referring to this when you said "WYSIWYG ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:35:13
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    - What I said to Tom, plus, I think that alternating between visual and raw HTML depending on what you're trying ... by Robert 2012-01-22 16:06:11
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      - You got the part where I said the link button was greyed out, right? I had no intention of ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 16:50:16
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        Nope, missed it. by Robert 2012-01-22 17:11:39
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        Ahh, that works. Never seen it like that before (or if I did, I probably couldn't figure out how ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:14:39
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        How many zoners does it take to change a lightbulb?....................................... ................................................................. I don't know either, I just thought it was a ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:35:59
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        The poisonous ones or the black market incandescents? by TB 2012-01-22 22:25:04
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        Obamabulbs. by bowser 2012-01-27 03:21:45
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        The poisonous zoners. by alcaray 2012-01-24 00:06:51
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        Poi Zoners? by Robert 2012-01-24 11:46:06
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        Or maybe that gray crud they serve in Hawaii. by TB 2012-01-24 11:55:42
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        Swing the poi, fling the poi, potaytoe pototto. by Robert 2012-01-24 12:31:57
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  - The link form doesn't work as nicely as it used to. I could highlight text, and just paste a ... by TB 2012-01-22 12:58:00
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    - Yep. All these HTML "WYSIWYG" editors are a snake's nest of compromises and kludges. by Robert 2012-01-22 16:03:02
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- As far as I can tell, you did everything right. Granted, your quotation marks are backwards on my screen, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-21 23:51:18
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8 years into it, Opportunity still operating on Mars. by bowser January 25, 2012 1:53 am

Amazing! I hope Oppy holds out through the winter 'cause there's a whole lotta rocks that need looking at in ... by podrock 2012-01-26 23:05:22
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Got our money's worth. by alcaray 2012-01-26 03:07:28
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- I wonder how a privatized, free enterprise space program would have justified this expenditure. Maybe they would have sold ... by ER 2012-01-26 20:56:08
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  - The first thing they'd do is look for subsidies and tax breaks, taking a lesson from the free market farmers. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 22:15:48
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World's best collection of nuclear paraphernalia by TB January 21, 2012 3:41 pm

Oh wow! Look at the mushroom cloud! Far out, man! by Robert 2012-01-22 16:08:15
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I used to work for ORAU. They're the guys that sent me to Puerto Rico. by ER 2012-01-21 15:53:18
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