Analysis, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints

Monday night sky show

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Look up on Monday!

If the day after Christmas strikes you as a letdown, make a note to yourself now to get outside on Monday evening. NASA tells us there’s going to be a conjunction of heavenly bodies.

The action begins shortly before sunset. Around 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm local time, just as the sky is assuming its evening hue, Venus will pop into view, glistening bright in the deepening twilight. No more than 6 degrees to the right lies the crescent Moon, exquisitely slender, grinning like the Cheshire cat with his head cocked at humorous attention. This is a wonderful time to look; there are very few sights in the heavens as splendid as Venus and the Moon gathered close and surrounded by twilight blue…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, New Discoveries, New Inventions, Recycling

Re-Wine is a clever recycling idea

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The Re-Wine redesign reuse system in action.

Re-Wine is a clever design that transforms from a reusable, biodegradable carrying case for your wine into a lamp shade that uses the empty bottle as the base. If you’re not looking for a new lamp, the case also has interlocking joints that allow it to be connected to other units to form a custom seat, table or shelf. The more wine you drink, the more modules you have for building lamps or other furniture! Now there’s an idea that’s sure to motivate people!

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Art, Crazy Stuff, Entertainment, Historical Perspectives, New Viewpoints, Recycling

Amazing 3D landscapes carved out of books

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Books with a literal view.

“So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes”, says interdisciplinary artist Guy Laramee who, in the course of his 30 years of practice, found his way through such varied and numerous disciplines as : stage writing, stage directing, contemporary music writing, musical instrument design and building, singing, video, scenography, sculpture, installation, painting and literature. Laramee uses books that are slowly falling apart, such as old encyclopedias and dictionaries to create dramatic landscapes… (more pics after jump)

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Great Videos, Humor, Internet, Latest Trend

Festivus thrives online 14 years later

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In 1997, when “Seinfeld” first introduced “Festivus” to mainstream America, the writers of the show probably had no idea that 14 years later not only would it still be celebrated every Dec. 23, but that it would fit so well in an online world.  In the online world “airing of the grievances” is pretty much a regular pastime. (video)

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Analysis, Latest Trend

10 words Americans learned in 2011

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Americans added 10 new words to improve their vocabularies in 2011.

Take heart if you tried to improve your vocabulary in 2011.  It was almost impossible to pay attention to the news this year without learning a new word or phrase, or perhaps learning new definitions for old standbys.  Americans can celebrate the new knowledge they acquired in 2011 with  a list of 10 words that entered the national lexicon or gained new significance over the last year.

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Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Ecological Products, Great New Product

Street Lights powered by wind

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The whole world is all about green these days, and I’m not talking about money. There has been so much talk and fuss about global warming and climate change recently, that we all need to be more conscious about using our resources. And personally, I’m worried what kind of world we’ll be leaving our children and grandchildren one day…

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Current Events, Health & Fitness, New Discoveries

How molecules move energy after light absorption

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MSU chemist Jim McCusker and postdoctoral researcher Dong Guo proved an 84-year-old theory.

The same principle that causes figure skaters to spin faster as they draw their arms into their bodies has now been used by Michigan State University researchers to understand how molecules move energy around following the absorption of light.

Conservation of angular momentum is a fundamental property of nature, one that astronomers use to detect the presence of satellites circling distant planets. In 1927, it was proposed that this principle should apply to chemical reactions, but a clear demonstration has never been achieved…

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