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  • Neptune's Rotational Speed Finally Determined

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    • 04July11 Astronomy Discoveries Neptune
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    "When it come to making your head spin, Jupiter revolves on its axis in less than 10 hours. Up until now, it was the only gas planet in our solar system that had an accurate spin measurement. But grab your top and cut it loose, because University of Arizona planetary scientist Erich Karkoschka has clocked Neptune cruising around at a cool 15 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds."  
    via universetoday.com

     

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  • Chile Volcano Plume Explodes With Lightning

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    Photograph by Ivan Alvarado, Reuters

    Dormant for decades, Puyehue volcano crackles back to life

    see more spectacular photos via news.nationalgeographic.com

     

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  • Love Your Eyes - Keeping Your Eyes Healthy

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    • 04July11 Eyes Healtth Infographic
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    In celebration of National Eye Health Week we at Ultralase have immersed ourselves in the world of vision in order to produce this handy graphic containing facts and tips to help encourage you, and the rest of the world to Love Your Eyes

    via ultralase.com

     

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  • The Eden Project

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    Eden glowing at night. (markybon/Flickr)

    The World’s Largest Greenhouse located in Saint Austell, United Kingdom

    "As the millennium approached, the sleepy former mining town of St. Blazey needed a futuristic update. For fifty years, a clay mine on the edge of the English town had slowly been abandoned, until in the late 1990s when a new concept was proposed for the area called Project Eden."

    via atlasobscura.com

     

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  • Fun Facts About The 4th of July

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    • 04July11 4th of July Holidays Infographic
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  • The 1939 Pontiac Ghost Car, the World’s First Transparent Car

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    photos by Aaron Summerfield/RM Auctions

    The 1939 Pontiac Plexiglass Deluxe “Ghost Car” is a one-off show car with custom plexiglass body panels. It was built for the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair as part of the Futurama exhibit, and at its debut was the world’s first transparent car. The car was recently sold by RM Auctions for an undisclosed sum (the pre-sale estimated value was $475,000).  

    via laughingsquid.com

     

     

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  • Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census

    • 5 Jul 2011
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    • 04July11 Census Interactive Maps Population United States
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    Browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development.
    via projects.nytimes.com

     

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