Multi-Spectral, Composite View Reveals the Pinwheel Galaxy

Source: Softpedia

Using data from a multitude of observatories, researchers have recently been able to collect an amazing image of the famous Pinwheel Galaxy, which is also known to astronomers as M101. Four NASA telescopes co ...
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Fizzled stars less common than expected

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Becoming a star can be a challenge. But new observations reveal that its much easier in space than in Hollywood. Only about 14 percent of all aspiring celestial stars fizzle out, researchers report. In principle, its easy to dedu ...
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Tools & toys

Source: Arkansas Online

The Party Hub Grill-Fryer LITTLE ROCK Craftsman Lighted Pliers What’s to love: A built-in light on your pliers that illuminates your work area. What’s it do: Next month Craftsman will introduce needle nose, diagonal cutter and linesman’s pliers with a ...
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USS Mississippi 'ready to go'

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald

PASCAGOULA -- The new USS Mississippi arrived here Friday and was greeted by hundreds who lined the Pascagoula River to get a look at the $2 billion submarine, which will be commissioned here. The sub arrived about 11 a.m. at the Port of Pascagoul ...
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 26

Source: Wired

Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12: ...
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Sustainable Health & Wellness offers health alternatives in Tariffville

Source: Foothills Media Group

Submitted photo. Jessica Moore, a licensed massage therapist, performs a massage at Sustainable Health ...
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Local authorities prepare for crowds on Highland Lakes

Source: ABC-KVUE Austin

AUSTIN -- If shorelines look a bit longer at Lake Travis, that's because they are. Recent rains have brought the lake to 50 percent full, but levels remain eight feet lower than Memorial Day 2011. Among the groups patroling t ...
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Mapping to aid warnings

Source: Fiji Times

DIGITAL mapping of the Nadi and Ba basins will be beneficial in determining how heavy rainfall will affect flood prone areas downstream of waterways. Vinesh Kumar, manager for the Integrated Water Resource Management Nadi Basin Project said the ...
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Brite-Strike Introduces Adhesive Light Strip 10 Pack

Source: POLICE Magazine

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