Tag: conflux
event: DIYbio NYC: explore the dna around you
by Greg on Sep.18, 2009, under Science Event
NOTE: I put the wrong date of this event earlier this morning. It is on Sunday, the 20th. Not tomorrow. DIYbio NYC is having this great event Sunday in Thompson Square park near the overflowing popular farmers’ market. I am pretty excited this sort of thing is happening, because lateral science is a good thing. top down science, bad thing:
Explore the blueprints that underlie life in NYC’s urban public spaces. Join DIYBio at the greenmarket in Tompkins Square Park to extract DNA from locally grown produce! (continue reading…)
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Nasa's Image of the Day
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode
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