Massive galaxy cluster spawns more than 700 stars a year A newly discovered cluster of galaxies, more than 5 billion light years from Earth…is among the most massive clusters of galaxies in the universe, and produces X-rays at a rate faster than any other known cluster. It also creates new stars at an “unmatched” pace of more …
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Get ready for the Maser-Beam, older than a laser and more powerful
Move Over Lasers, It’s Maser Time No, masers are not just a word that we came up with just now. They’ve actually been around since the 1950s, before lasers were invented. The problem is that they’ve always been impractical–that is, until the team of researchers came up with a device that could let masers over take …
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Celebrating 40 years of Title IX with 40 amazing female athletes
Celebrating 40 years of Title IX It simply reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” When it became law on June 23, 1972, Title …
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N.Y. Times is now supported by readers, not advertisers
The New York Times Is Now Supported by Readers, Not Advertisers At the company’s big three papers — the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and Boston Globe — print and digital ad dollars dipped 6.6 percent to $220 million, while circulation revenue was up 8.3 percent to $233 million. The historical rebalancing may indicate a sea change in an industry …
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Cool accounts on Pinterest to follow – The Los Angeles Times Photography
Here is the perfect Pinterest account to follow, The Los Angeles Times. The paid photographers of newspapers and magazines are the ideal users of Pinterest. After all, they are trained professionals in the art of awesome photography. While most of us are creating boards called “Things I like” and “My Style” they are doing things …
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A set of podcasts is 21st-century equivalent of a textbook, not a teacher
An intelligent essay from Pamela Hieronymi, professor of philosophy at UCLA, discussing the impact of technology on education: A set of podcasts is the 21st-century equivalent of a textbook, not the 21st-century equivalent of a teacher. Every age has its autodidacts, gifted people able to teach themselves with only their books. Woe unto us if …
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Guess who turns 50 this year? — Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Walmart, The Jetsons, Andy Warhol’s art…and more
I guess 1962 was quite a year to be born! From an L.A. Times article – Turning 50 in 2012 Tom Cruise Demi Moore Jim Carrey Spider-Man (the character) Incredible Hulk (the character) Jon Bon Jovi Axl Rose The Jetsons Walmart Target “Sex and the Single Girl” by Helen Gurley Brown John Stewart (comedian) Andy …
Rare drawings of human anatomy from centuries past
A fascinating piece of curation from Brain Pickings. Ten centuries of anatomy drawings covering everything from Civil War wounds to anti-tuberculosis flyers from China. For the past 175 years, the The National Library of Medicine in Bethesda has been building the world’s largest collection of biomedical images, artifacts, and ephemera. With more than 17 million items spanning …
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Don’t forget about the Paralympics – they’re on from Aug 31 – Sep 9
I really enjoyed the Olympics, particularly seeing Oscar Pistorius compete in his carbon fibre Cheetah foot. Now, I’m looking forward to seeing some of the more exciting Paralympic events: Following his historic appearance at the Olympic Games – where he was the first male athlete with a disability to compete at the able-bodied Games – South …
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List of engineering blogs from top companies – Twitter, Facebook, Airbnb, Linkedin, Foursquare, Tumblr
RC3. org – A list of engineering blogs …technology trends of the past few years has been the emergence of engineering blogs. They are, mostly, a recruiting tool, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t learn a lot about how companies operating at varying levels of maturity and scale go about their business. A few examples: …