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This is a Scale Model of the Solar System Like You’ve Never Seen Before (http://www.universetoday.... ) http://i0.wp.com/www.univ...

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"This is exactly what filmmaker Wylie Overstreet and four of his friends did in 2014, spending a day and a half on a dry lake bed in Nevada where they measured out and set up a scale model of the Sun and planets (not including Pluto, don’t tell Alan Stern) including their respective circular orbits. They then shot time-lapse images of their illuminated cars driving around the orbits. The resulting video is educational, mesmerizing, beautiful, and overall a wonderful demonstration of the staggering scale of space in the Solar System." - Nils Sandin - -

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Signs of neutrinos from the dawn of time, less than a second after the Big Bang | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/sc... ) http://cdn.arstechnica.ne...

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"The first 400,000 years after the Big Bang are inaccessible to us by using light; the material that filled the entire cosmos made it opaque. However, neutrinos interact very little with ordinary matter, so they could travel right through the opaque mess. Lots of these low-mass, fast-moving particles were formed in the first second after the Big Bang, so they could provide a sensitive probe of some of the very earliest moments in the Universe." - Nils Sandin - -

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Bringing Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors to Reality | MIT Technology Review (http://www.technologyrevi... ) http://www.technologyrevi...

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"For years nuclear scientists have talked about a revival of molten salt reactors, which are powered by a liquid fuel rather than solid fuel rods, that will help spark the long-awaited “nuclear renaissance.” Recent developments indicate that this alternative nuclear power technology is finally making gradual progress toward commercialization." - Nils Sandin - -

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US Gun statistics: http://www.vox.com/2015/8...

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ACLU files suit against sheriff who allegedly handcuffed disabled children at school - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost... )

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"A Kentucky sheriff’s deputy shackled two children with disabilities as punishment for their misbehavior at school, an allegedly illegal use of force that traumatized the children, according to a federal lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union and others filed Monday." - Nils Sandin - -

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The complex borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog - Google Earth Blog (http://www.gearthblog.com... ) http://www.gearthblog.com...

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"Baarle-Hertog is a municipality of Belgium which consists of 24 separate exlaves inside the Netherlands. To add to the complexity, there are 7 enclaves of the Netherlands municipality of Baarle-Nassau contained within the exclaves." - Nils Sandin - -

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Australian Woman Posts Picture Of Car Parked Across Two Handicapped Spots . . . Abu Dhabi Court Convicts Her Of “Writing Bad Words” | JONATHAN TURLEY (http://jonathanturley.org... )

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Abu Dhabi has again stepped forward to reaffirm its rejection of fundamental principles of free speech. Our Middle Eastern ally has jailed an Australian woman, Jodi Magi, 39, for merely posting a photo on Facebook of a car parked across two disabled parking spaces. - Nils Sandin - -

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Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for users’ comments | Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/te... ) http://cdn.arstechnica.ne...

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In a surprise decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled that the Estonian news site Delfi may be held responsible for anonymous and allegedly defamatory comments from its readers. As the digital rights organization Access notes, this goes against the European Union’s e-commerce directive, which "guarantees liability protection for intermediaries that implement notice-and-takedown mechanisms on third-party comments." As such, Peter Micek, Senior Policy Counsel at Access, says the ECHR judgment has "dramatically shifted the internet away from the free expression and privacy protections that created the internet as we know it." - Nils Sandin - -

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GM says you don't own your car, you just license it - Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/201... ) http://i1.wp.com/boingboi...