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Video (via Make the Logo Bigger Blog) I’ve always been interested in the source of creativity and how it works.  “Sleeping” on a problem has frequently worked for me too. – Dave

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I discovered a new science fiction magazine online that publishes original and reprinted science fiction stories and interviews. According to the Light Speed Magazine “about us” page: Lightspeed is an online magazine focusing exclusively on science fiction. Here you can expect to see all types of science fiction, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, [...]

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According to the Nasa website: NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors under a cooperative agreement to develop a robotic assistant that can work alongside humans, whether they [...]

I love interesting data visualizations and happened to stumble upon this map of nuclear explosions since 1945 (high res) on Neatorama. I have a lot of respect for designers who can take a mass of data and create an elegantly simple visualization like this one. Original high res image (via Neatorama) – Dave

The fucking moon. Over.

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It appears that the hexagonal storm at the north pole of Saturn (as previously posted) has created an unusual aurora effect.  The Cassini orbiter sent back the photo above of the peculiar light display in the photo above. (If I were Captain Kirk, I’d fly the Enterprise right through the aurora just for fun.) National [...]