Examining the two basic components of scholarship competition—essays and interviews—this vital guidebook offers practical advice and real-life examples to guide students through the entire application process. A roundtable panel of … Read this article: » How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay: 30 Essays That Won …

The Crab Pulsar, this city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second, with a magnetic force one trillion times that of the Earth lies at the center of this composite image of the inner region of the well-known Crab Nebula. The pulsar is the engine powering and lighting the entire 9-light-year wide nebula: sending powerful bursts of energy every 1/30th of a second along along the entire electromagnetic spectrum from gamma rays to radio blowing a violent wind near the speed of light.  [...]

A “universe in a test tube” that could be used to prove theories of everything was created by physicists using liquid helium and a magnetic field to build a finger-sized representation of the early cosmos. “In effect, we have made a universe in a test tube,” said Richard Haley of Lancaster University The low-temperature team at Great Britain’s Lancaster University may have found a laboratory test of the ‘untestable’ string theory, made popular by Brian Greene at [...]

It turns out that we don’t know everything about the universe.  Shocking, we know, but you’d be surprised how often science writers, politicians, or intelligent design advocates confuse “non-omniscience” with “everything is WRONG!”  Now some are saying that Newton screwed up, but at least their evidence is awesome: dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way! First off, Newton was never “wrong” – he was “right as far as it was humanly possible [...]

“I can hear DNA on the internet.”  No, it’s not Philip K. View original here:  DNA Radio -Now Broadcasting Live

Like the Gemini twins of Greek mythology, the Gemini Observatory’s twin optical/infrared telescopes are an ocean apart, yet together they can access the entire sky. Gemini South is located at almost 9,000 feet in the Chilean Andes; Gemini North (pictured) sits atop the dormant volcano Mauna Kea, home to an international community of telescopes peering at the night skies through Hawaii’s atmosphere. Read the original here: The Gemini Feed -Antennae of the Milky Way -VIDEO

Patagonia’s Founder on Why There’s “No Such Thing as Sustainability” If you get down to the real causes, a lot of our society’s biggest problems are happening because we’re destroying the planet. Here is the original: The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Science (7/14)

After an unbelievable 10 months away, I returned home at the beginning of July. Sorry for the delay in posting this, it’s been an incredibly hectic couple of weeks seeing family and friends, not to mention settling back in. Packed quite a bit of sightseeing into the final few weeks after semester ended before returning to London for the flight home to Brisbane, Australia Continued here: Back Home Again