CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-13 22:57:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Preparations are underway for the Expedition 35 crew consisting of International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA to depart the space station and land in Kazakhstan. The three crew members will board their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft and close hatches at 3:50 p.m. EDT. Watch hatch closing live at www.nasa.gov/ntv. For more information about the space station, visit: www.nasa.gov/station

2013-05-13 22:57:03 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Okay, NOW the Internet is EVERYWHERE: Huggies Tweetpee connects your baby's diaper to the Internet ... Dvice - "If you think that your parents showing people your baby pictures is embarrassing, imagine how mortifying it might be if they could show off Twitter messages detailing your first tinkle into a diaper. That's the goal of a new concept device being shown off by the Brazil division of Huggies. Called TweetPee, the concept device is a clip-on humidity sensor that would send an alert tweet to the parent when the baby's diaper needs changing. There's even a dedicated TweetPee website that shows off an interactive model of the device as well as a diagram of how it would work with smartphones. ..." more: http://bit.ly/15GkkMv

2013-05-13 22:55:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Holy cow!
Watch the World Trade Center's Spire Being Installed From the Spire's point of view

2013-05-13 22:53:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

How I do social media. In this post, I explain exactly what I do for Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. 

http://blog.hubspot.com/how-guy-kawasaki-manages-social-media

2013-05-13 22:52:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-13 12:53:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"(Phys.org) —Harnessing the unique features of the quantum world promises a dramatic speed-up in information processing as compared to the fastest classical machines. Scientists from the Group of Philip Walther from the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna succeeded in prototyping a new and highly resource efficient model of a quantum computer – the boson sampling computer. The results will be published in the upcoming issue of the renowned scientific journal Nature Photonics."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-photonic-quantum-brighter-future.html#jCp

2013-05-13 00:46:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Almost time to leave Station. Hard to express all of my emotions, but mostly gratitude. I came here on behalf of so many people - thank you.

Chris Hadfield's Mission Reflections

2013-05-13 00:45:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Space Oddity -- the world's first music video from space. Created by Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station.

2013-05-13 00:43:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield handed over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov in a change of command ceremony Sunday. Hadfield, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn will return to Earth at 10:30 p.m. EDT Monday aboard their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft. NASA TV coverage of the return tomorrow begins at 3:30 p.m. for Expedition 35 farewell and hatch closure. For more information about the space station, visit: www.nasa.gov/station.

2013-05-07 06:47:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

In a study by a pioneering multi-institution consortium, researchers identify parameters of toxicity of certain nano materials

"For the first time, researchers from institutions around the country have conducted an identical series of toxicology tests evaluating lung-related health impacts associated with widely used engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). The study provides comparable health risk data from multiple labs, which should help regulators develop policies to protect workers and consumers who come into contact with ENMs."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-national-nanomaterial-toxicity-stage-policies.html#jCp

2013-05-07 06:49:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-07 06:44:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-04-23 20:57:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

THE ANCIENT BANYAN TREE ... Twisted Sifter - "aken on Hawaii’s Big Island, this beautiful photograph of an ancient Banyan tree was sent to the Sifter by professional photographer James Brandon, who recalls: “This massive banyan tree is located at Rainbow Falls on the Big Island of Hawaii. ... It was unbelievably huge. The tree is somewhere in the ballpark of 500-600 years old and is actually not even considered a tree anymore. The tree was overrun by the figs which attach themselves and send their vines down to the ground. Eventually the tree gets completely covered up. You can actually walk inside of the trunk and disappear! ..." http://twistedsifter.com/2013/04/ancient-banyan-tree-big-island-hawaii/

2013-04-23 20:56:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Nabiyotum Crater, Kenya ... The World Geography - "Nabiyotum Crater is located in the south of Lake Turkana in Kenya - the world's largest alkaline lake. Because of its beautiful and unusual appearance, this crater represents a geological wonder of the lake." http://www.theworldgeography.com/2012/12/unusual-craters.html

2013-04-22 03:10:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-04-20 19:25:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Time passing more slowly and different processing of cues from environment

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_Dr Msetfi's analysis showed that when there were longer delays, either between opportunities to press the remote button or between pressing the button and the music turning on, depressed people responded differently than others. Interestingly, with these longer delays, their judgements were actually more realistic than those of the healthy volunteers.
This finding supports other studies which suggest that people with depression experience time as passing more slowly; they also tend to process cues from their environment and context differently to people without depression._

"When depressed people have more time to process information about cause and effect, due to their slower perception of time they tend to take more notice of their environment which is often beyond their... more »

2013-04-20 19:15:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Exploring the Grand Canyon

The geology of the Grand Canyon has amazed visitors since John Wesley Powell first navigated the Colorado River in 1869. Now the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) offers a new view of the gorge. See close-up images and read more at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80948&src=googleplus

2013-04-20 19:14:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Who's shocked?
California Democrats, this is your doing. Big government means big bureaucracy.

California failed to spend $455M on water projects, EPA says, http://fxn.ws/Z8nnJB - Sent via the FOX News Android App.

2013-04-19 06:18:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Oculus Rift is very responsive, but there are a few negatives. It doesn't fit over my glasses, and the resolution of the imagery is pretty low. Still VR head gear has made significant strides since I first tried it 20 years ago. 

2013-04-19 06:06:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Interfering with RNA: Part 2, Dicer and the Argonautes

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post explaining the process of gene silencing, or RNA interference (http://goo.gl/RLZ5j). I wanted to expand on that further today by diving in a bit more into the molecular details of exactly how this happens inside a cell.

• As I explained earlier, the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology is DNA --> RNA --> Protein. This means the DNA blueprint makes a sequence-specific copy of RNA, which in turn acts as a blueprint for a specific sequence of amino acids which make up a protein. So if you could somehow destroy the RNA blueprint (known as the messenger RNA, or mRNA) for a particular protein, this would prevent the protein from being made - no blueprint, no protein. This is what RNA interference, or gene silencing is.

• How does this work within the cell? Howcan... more »

2013-04-19 05:48:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Take2seconds  #beyourself  

2013-04-19 05:40:29 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Wow, I've been kind of away from ability to update Google+ much, or to see the traffic. Why does it feel like much of the content has went from awesome like it was when it was in beta to a slightly Facebook feel? Is it that the average education level of its users dropped drastically after the beta ended?

2013-04-19 05:30:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hanging with Adriana Bernal Salgado, president of Red Assist, and +Arianna Huffington at Andrés Carne de Res after the Festival of the Senses, Kienyke.com in Bogota. 

2013-04-19 03:29:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

How do you sprinkle salt and pepper without gravity? We squirt salt water and pepper oil.

2013-04-19 03:28:28 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Paris, well-named City of Light. Even from orbit the brilliant Champs-Elysees is visible.

2013-04-19 03:27:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Dry lake like a bunny, in the unmistakable Outback.

2013-04-19 03:27:28 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Tel Aviv, with over 400 thousand Tel Avivim on Israel's Mediterranean coast.

2013-04-19 03:27:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Cairo at night. You can see El Gabalaya Park. Are the pyramids lit up?

2013-04-19 03:26:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Nile flowing into the delta at Cairo at night, like a living thing.

2013-04-19 03:26:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Amman, capital of Jordan. The street pattern shows it as one of the oldest cities in the world.

2013-04-19 03:26:15 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Tonight's Finale: Catching the Moon rising takes patience, but is worth it.

2013-04-19 03:24:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Inside #Nexus4


... with salt

2013-04-19 03:10:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"(Phys.org) —Geology professor Dan Schulze calls this singular gem from the remote Guaniamo region of Venezuela the "Picasso" diamond. The blue luminescent, high-resolution image of a diamond formed over a billion years ago reminds him of some paintings from Picasso's Blue Period. Like a cubist masterpiece, its striking irregular and anomalous features carry timeless secrets and yield new perspectives on life and the Earth's early history."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-diamonds-ancient-ocean-floor.html#jCp

2013-04-19 03:09:59 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Solar Eclipse Alert!

2013-04-19 03:09:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Mr. Speaker, I Move That...

...henceforth, we no longer use the term, "Grammar Nazi," and replace it with the term, "Grammar Jedi."  After all, some of us spent years and years mastering the language, and we just want to get our money's worth out of all those damned classes.

This post was Post-spired (post-inspired) by the Divine +Jane Ellen's Grammar Post: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JaneEllen/posts/id6G9F7fccq

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2013-04-19 02:58:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Chris Hadfield conducted an experiment aboard the International Space Station testing the question: what happens when you wring out a wet washcloth in space? You have to see the results for yourself: http://on.mash.to/11liMB2

2013-04-19 02:51:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Whoa..can't wait to watch this episode!

2013-04-19 02:51:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

hate both of them...............

2013-04-19 01:28:42 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

FYI

2013-04-16 12:16:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-04-16 06:06:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Please have a look at my friends kickstarter and help if you can. Only 10 days left!

2013-04-07 02:32:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here's the Geeks! :)

2013-04-07 02:32:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here is my Science Circle and yet again this is a circle I started when G+ was in Beta. Enjoy! :)

2013-04-07 02:30:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Resharing my Youtube(ers) circle that I started building when G+ was in Beta. Enjoy!

2013-04-07 02:29:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Just wanted to reshare my Technology Circle, It's been a while and G+ has changed greatly, I started this circle when G+ was still in Beta.... Enjoy!

2013-04-07 01:25:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-04-05 02:43:19 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-03-26 01:01:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Experts say North Korea training team of ‘cyber warriors’

+The Associated Press : South Korean security experts say North Korea is training a team of computer-savvy ‘cyber warriors.’

Last week hackers shut down 32,000 computers and servers at major South Korean TV networks and banks. There is no proof yet that North Korea is behind the most recent cyberattack, but South Korea has blamed North Korea for six cyberattacks since 2009. 

Officials from both South Korea and the US believe North Korea has thousands of hackers at the ready trained by the state to commit cyber warfare. 

Read more: http://cbsn.ws/14pRkXF

Photo: Kim Jong Un looks at the latest combat and technical equipment made by unit 1501 of the Korean People's Army, during his visit to the unit on March 24, 2013. (KCNA via Reuters)

2013-03-26 01:00:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Just how big is the International Space Station? 

Source: http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/524-how-big-is-the-international-space-station.html

2013-03-26 00:58:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Proven World

In Medieval Europe, the physical universe could be divided into two parts: the Earth and earthly events (chaotic and temporary) and the heavens (structured and eternal).  That's a bit of an over simplification, but the idea was that the Earth and heavens were governed by different rules.  In the heavens the stars were fixed and eternal.  The motion of the planets were thought to move in circles about the fixed Earth, as did the Sun and Moon.  The heavens were ordered and could be described through geometry.  Earth, on the other hand, was plagued by weather, disease, and strife.  These happened in ways no one could easily predict.   Some things, such time and the seasons, could be determined, but then these were determined by the regular motions of the heavens.

Two things changed this view.  The first was rise of accurate astronomical measurements.  Asastronom... more »