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Why your brain just can’t remember that word?

newscientist.com

“Most of the time the brain works as it ought to: limbs move, memories are retrieved and experiences processed. But occasionally things go awry. In tip-of-the-tongue experiences, for instance, words suddenly and perplexingly go missing only to reappear seconds or minutes later. Another brain quirk – déjà vu – confirms the fallibility of memory. Now two new studies have shed light on both phenomena.” read

Email ‘n Walk Lets You Multitask Without Getting Hit By a Car

lifehacker.com

“iPhone App. “Email n’ Walk” overlays an email composition window on top of the view from your iPhone’s camera, so you can type out an email and watch where you’re going.” read

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party

vimeo.com

 

“Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens.”

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“The Texas Star Party was started in 1979 by Deborah Byrd, members of the Austin Astronomical Society, and the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. It was a gathering of 50-100 astronomy enthusiasts for a weekend in August at nearby Davis Mountains State Park. There was observing, comraderie, a Saturday evening speaker, and special Saturday night observing at McDonald Observatory.” Texas Star Party Home 

 McDonald Observatory: A research unit of The University of Texas at Austin located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas

Flipping brilliant!

dailymail.co.uk

“Now Japan has invented a robot that can cook you pancakes for breakfast.” read more

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