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Posted Nov. 28, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Tom Postma Designs 70-Foot Skate Ramp, The Weather Channel Releases a CD and Ibiza's Space Comes to Vegas
By Gary Pini
2. New York's PS1 is hosting “The History of the Turntable” in the Botanic Gardens across the street from the Miami Beach Convention Center. Visitors can listen to this 90 minute oral history -- including commentary from everyone from DJ Spooky to Grandmaster Flash -- while relaxing in the gardens.
3. Meanwhile, if you are stuck in New York, head over to the corner of West Broadway and Grand in SoHo and check out the American Apparel billboard on the wall. It seems to be a parody of the company's normal ads, but who knows.
4. Because everyone else already has one, the Weather Channel is releasing a CD. Their's is called the Best of Smooth Jazz and it features the music heard in the background during the “Local On the 8s” broadcast. Try to stay awake while listening.
5. Popular Ibiza club Space is opening a branch in Las Vegas' Rio Hotel according to DBTH.com, though they doubt that the Spanish club means anything in the USA.
6. Reuters reports that a recent study of Swiss students found that those who used marijuana were more socially driven and more likely to participate in sports than abstainers. And even though they were more likely to skip class, they have the same level of good grades.
Posted Apr. 17, 2007,
Red Square Nebula -- The Death of a Star
By Ann Magnuson
What you see here is a dying star. Called the "Red Square," this particular nebula displays a unique symmetry that is dazzling astronomers and layfolk alike! Thanks to infrared cameras at two different observatories, this composite image can now replace your old screen saver. And provide a rather effective mandala for meditation as well.
According to New Scientist Space, the reasons for this memorable exit are unclear. "Towards the end of their lives," the site reads, "many low-mass stars, like the Sun, slough off their outer layers to produce striking 'planetary' nebulae. But the hot star at the heart of the Red Square nebula, called MWC 922, appears to be relatively massive, suggesting another process formed its signature shape."
And according to National Geographic's website, "few other such nebula have been detected -- among them the Red Rectangle Nebula in the constellation Monoceros -- but what causes the phenomena has been poorly understood. Scientists say the new image shows the Red Square to be a bipolar nebula, with stellar winds blowing cone-shaped jets away from its hot central star. "
If only some of the bipolar central stars currently blowing hot stellar wind out here in Hollywood could burn out so spectacularly!