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Q&A: Creating the Mars of John Carter

Helium at Dusk Crowley remained as faithful to the book as he could in his rendering of the great city of Helium. Continue reading

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FYI: Do Animals Dream?

Sleeping Dog Michael Cogliantry/Getty Images Yes. Continue reading

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High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '11 » CrDD

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '11 662 pages | Publisher: Springer (February 28, 2012) | ISBN: 3642238688 | PDF | 32 Mb This book presents the state-of-the-art in simu. Continue reading

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Starting Monday: CES 2012

There’s…too many of them! Panasonic’s booth last year. Continue reading

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Fashioning Apollo: What to Wear Into the Hostile Realms of Space

Litton Industries Lunar Suit After 1965, the most serious competitor to the ILC suit for later lunar missions was a hard, one-piece suit manufactured by the stratospherically successful (if ultimately disgraced) corporate conglomerate Litton Industries. Continue reading

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Thank You to Dennis Ritchie, Without Whom None of This Would Be Here

Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson Ritchie is standing; Thompson is sitting. Continue reading

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Descargar The Political Science Toolbox: A Research Companion to …

The Political Science Toolbox: A Research Companion to American Government by Howard R. Continue reading

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Newt Gingrich Reviews Science Books on Amazon: Here Are Our Favorites

Newt Gingrich Gage Skidmore via Flickr Our current president is a proud nerd, appearing on shows like Mythbusters , collecting comic books in his youth and dropping references to dilithium crystals (really). Continue reading

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Video: Augmented Reality App For Librarians Instantly Shows Which Books Are Misfiled

ShelvAR in Action Bo Brinkman E-books, iPads and Kindles may be the way of the future, but most of the world’s knowledge is still stored in millions of good old paper books on library shelves. Continue reading

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