February 23, 2014

Paying to Name the Planets

NewScientist: Fed up with dull names for exoplanets, Alan Stern and his company Uwingu have asked the public for help. Will it be so long 2M 0746+20b, hello Obama? How did you come up with the idea for a list of potential names for exoplanets? The number of planets in the Milky Way was recently

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Growing Prehistoric Plants

Popular Science: On the frozen edge of the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia, in an ancient pantry harboring seeds and other stores, an Arctic ground squirrel burrowed into the dirt and buried a small, dark fruit from a flowering plant. The squirrel’s prize quickly froze in the cold ground and was preserved in permafrost, waiting

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Green Dry Cleaning

There will always be clothing with the tag, “dry clean only.” One entrepreneur has create a dry cleaning shop that meets that need in an eco-friendly way. According to Ann Arbor.com, GreenAge Cleaners uses energy efficient pressing machines, and hydrocarbon solvent. “Hydrocarbon doesn’t harm the human body, and there is no air pollution, contamination of

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