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Sat, 30 Jun 2012

Specimen: Adult mouse hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in learning and memory. Reactive astroglia (pale yellow) have proliferated and enlarged in response to neuronal activity over time. Technique: Confocal microscopy, Z-stack of 7 slices. (Dr. Sandra Dieni/Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University/Freiburg, Germany The Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition winners

Great fun/dumb science video: How powerful is an MRI magnet?
Scientists develop a spray on battery
Has the Speediest Pulsar Been Found?
Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Aren’t Remakes, Sequels or Prequels
Awesome personal account: Intolerable intolerance
Crazy: Ex-Wall Street banker, may have swallowed poison pill during courtroom conviction for arson

Finally, along with this Phil Plait write up (bookmark him!) is this really cool video from NASA detailing the recent observations of a giant planet 63 light years from Earth orbiting only 4 million kilometers from its sun. So close is this, that its atmosphere is being boiled and blasted away, streaming a tail of gas ‘behind’ it.

Fuck do I love the crazy/cool things out there for us to keep discovering. Keep it up Universe.