Lori Hersberger.

An Octopus unscrewing a lid from the inside.

Nearby Star System May Host an Earth-Like Planet

A unique view of the Milky Way… All the way from Mars! 

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Power of Reading by Angela Huang (more here)

Teens, Inspired! Luisa Lyons

Artist Name: Luisa Lyons

Title: Fueling the Flame

Media: Acrylic on Canvas

School: Green Hope High School

Teacher: Ms. Prichard

Inspired by: Thomas Moran, “Fiercely the red sun descending/Burned his way along the heavens”,  1875–1876

Artist Statement: My painting was inspired by Thomas Moran’s Fiercely the red sun descending/Burned his way along the heavens. Moran’s arrangement of colors and texture shows the beauty of the ocean and the way the descending sun’s rays glow throughout the piece. The image I painted was a girl with fire as her hair and the ocean as her skin. The fire and water conflict on the outside of her body, creating smoke in the air. The issue that this painting shows is global warming. In the future, the ocean will swallow the land creating conflict and destruction. This clash is depicted with the use of the fire vs the water. Global warming is a very real issue and can only be slowed with the help of everyone around the world.

Frontier Fields Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717 : Frontier Fields galaxy cluster MACS J0717, one of the most complex and distorted galaxy clusters known, is the site of a collision between four clusters. It is located about 5.4 billion light years away from Earth.

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Bots you can’t ignore

Bite-sized bots at Vanderbilt University, drumming bots at Georgia Tech, and touchy-feely bots at UCLA… it’s all about ‪‎National Robotics Week‬ at Science360 Radio this weekend. Download the Science360 Radio app to hear our featured podcasts about cutting edge robotics‬ research.

Above: Founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology Gil Weinberg created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled physically by the musician’s arms and electronically by his muscles. The other stick on the prosthesis actually “listens” to the music and plays on its own.  Credit: Rob Felt/Georgia Tech Story: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2014/03/05/robotic-prosthesis-turns-drummer-three-armed-cyborg

Below:  Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. The team, led by mechanical engineer Veronica Santos, is constructing a language of touch that both a computer and a human can understand.  Credit: National Science Foundation Video: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/robotictouch.jsp

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