Kickstarter plasma thruster could launch nano-satellites for cheap

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A Kickstarter project is attempting to raise funds for a plasma thruster that will propel mini satellites into deep space for a 1/1,000th of the cost of previous missions.
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1,400 Solar Panels Power New Star-Shaped UN Headquarters in Copenhagen

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3XN Architects designed the newly inaugurated star-shaped UN building in Copenhagen, which is powered by 1,400 solar panels.
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Drawing Einstein’s face with math: start with x…

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Wolfram Alpha collects famous faces into functions: Obama, 2pac, Sergey Brin. A post on StackExchange from a couple of months ago inquired how to create the line drawings in the style that Wolfram Alpha has curated.
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Infographic: The Socratic questioning process …

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See on Scoop.it – Math, technology and learning Margarita Parra’s insight:Hoy, justamente, hablamos sobre la necesidad de que el alumno aprenda a razonar, a validar lo que dice. Hechos. See on… (Infographic: The Socratic questioning process …
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A Huge Discovery About Prime Numbers—and What It Means for the Future of Math

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Last week, Yitang “Tom” Zhang, a popular math professor at the University of New Hampshire, stunned the world of pure mathematics when he announced that he had proven the “bounded gaps” conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers—a crucial…
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How NASA steers the International Space Station around space junk

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Jockeying 400 tons of space station around debris ain’t like dusting crops, boy.
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EUROPA – European Platform for Investing in Children

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As a result of demographic change, family-friendliness is becoming an increasingly important element of European Union policies. The compatibility of family and career will play an important role in Europe’s future economic and social development.
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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com

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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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The art of teaching them to love science

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I dropped science when I was 16. The day I set my hair on fire with a Bunsen burner, prompting screams from teachers and pupils alike, was the day I realised my skills lay in prancing about in a drama class, reading Hamlet aloud in English and…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Evernote | Mashable.com

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For anyone looking to get more organized and productive, you can start off with Evernote with this handy beginner’s guide.
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