Daily science stuff

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

I noticed a fair number of stiff non-arm-swingers in the hotel lobby this weekend.

Maybe it was just a residual effect of them just having carried their luggage?

[Alelou]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/0 ... edhead/?em

Redheads require more anesthesia than the rest of us.

[Reanok]

Structures leap from Saturn rings as equinox approaches link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/10saturn Mars meathane and mysteries link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/10mars

[Asso]

Mars meathane and mysteries link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0908/10mars

This is very interesting.

[Alelou]

Can running actually help your knees?

[JadziaKathryn]

I'm totally into the whole internet useless-info thing. And now we can blame it on dopamine.

Why We Love Information

[Alelou]

Fascinating. Now I understand why I can sit there like an idiot and mindlessly refresh "View active topics" over and over. LOL.

Of course, when you think about it, this is what Star Trek is really all about:

It is an emotional state Panksepp tried many names for: curiosity, interest, foraging, anticipation, craving, expectancy. He finally settled on seeking. Panksepp has spent decades mapping the emotional systems of the brain he believes are shared by all mammals, and he says, "Seeking is the granddaddy of the systems." It is the mammalian motivational engine that each day gets us out of the bed, or den, or hole to venture forth into the world.

(Boldly!)

[Alelou]

Someone else might have already put this up, but it's a video of the "ultra deep field" of galaxies in 3D: http://videos.komando.com/2009/08/20/hu ... eep-field/

[JadziaKathryn]

Now here's something I don't think I'd have come up with, ever: the distinct smell of space.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time

[Alelou]

Cool!

[Reanok]

Lightning storm on Saturn breaks solar system record link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/14saturn Giant planet holds comets hostage link http://www.astronomynow.com/n0909/14jupiter

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

This is a wicked cool experiment done cheaply by some MIT students.

The $150 Edge-of-Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget

[Distracted]

That is so funny! And the picture is pretty neat, too.

[Reanok]

nasa names crew for final Shuttle mission link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/18sts133crew Mars rover Spririts's fate weighed as options dwindle link http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/18spirit