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What If Climate Science Is Wrong?
Mon, 28 May 2012 08:20:09 -0700
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Orlando Science Center: Month of astronomy events
Thu, 03 May 2012 12:53:53 -0700
Orlando Science Center is expanding its Astronomy Day event, sprinkling events over select weekends through June 2. Activities will include SunWatch sessions, where visitors will peer at the sun through the Crosby Observatory telescope; four NASA speakers; “Orlando by Night,” a live planetarium show in the Dr. Phillips CineDome; the “Science on a Sphere” exhibit and the Kinesthetic [...]
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Another tiny rock will pass Earth tomorrow | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 28 May 2012 11:30:45 -0700
[ tl;dr : A small 5-10 meter asteroid will pass us tomorrow; it poses no danger to us.] I recently wrote about near-Earth asteroid 2012 KP24 , a house-sized (25 meter) rock. As I write this it passed us safely just a few hours ago, as predicted. But thanks to scibuff and AsteroidWatch on Twitter, I just learned of another tiny visitor that will buzz past us tonight/tomorrow, May 29, at around 07 ...
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Big Picture Science: Antivaxxers (and updates) | Bad Astronomy
Mon, 07 May 2012 08:15:24 -0700
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