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NASA: Dinosaurs walked on Goddard Campus

A grouping of 110 to 112 million-year-old dinosaur footprints pressed into mud from the Cretaceous Period have now been safely moved from their original setting on the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Until further scientific …

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NASA: Dinosaurs walked on Goddard Campus

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A grouping of 110 to 112 million-year-old dinosaur footprints pressed into mud from the Cretaceous Period have now been safely moved from their original setting on the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Until further scientific …

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World Ends: Asteroid heading toward Earth and Moon’s orbit

Did we survive the Mayan Apocalypse? Really? Because I’m totally girding my loins for the mass hysteria surrounding 2/15/2013 when Asteroid 2012 DA14 sweeps between the Earth and the Moon’s orbit.

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Let’s help people with mental health problems

“… Sources across the nation shook their heads, stifled a sob in their voices, and reported fuck everything. Just fuck it all to hell. “All of it, sources added.” Too soon,

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Worst Christmas (Caroling) Ever

It seems trite to say you couldn’t make this story up, so I’ll just say that if you knew Vern (not his real name) you’d know this could be

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Hurricane Sandy slams Maryland – Is this all you’ve got?

Growing up 100 yards from the Chesapeake Bay, but just high enough to thumb my nose at the storm surge tide gave me an unhealthy skepticism of the power

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Academic titles and writing – sucks

Academics make me sick: Why some people need to just shut up. This paper will discuss horrible things about academic writing and why academics need to just stop. First we

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Knowledge Omnivore: Taking learning more seriously than school

The other day, Brendan told me most of his school assignments were too easy. Tonight, we watched a Smarter Every Day YouTube video about all the mechanics of bird

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DC Sniper: Looking back at the terror

You call this a sniper? As the death toll mounted and tensions rose throughout DC and the suburbs, people took unusual precautions – zigzagging through parking lots, keys in hand;

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Student of Google+

There’s a charge that comes from the steep grade of the learning curve. Tackling something new, learning what works, what doesn’t and how you can get things done in

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Why I haven’t signed up to take the GRE? Let me count the excuses

GRE, What? I have an exam to take. Preferably soon. There was no problem signing up for motorcycle lessons - in September - but for some reason I’m putting off scheduling

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