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Planet Discovered Using Telephoto Camera Lenses 74

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the shot-in-the-dark dept.
[rvr] writes "The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) reports the discovery of an extra-solar planet called XO-1b, which orbits a dim star in Corona Borealis every 4 days. To find it, the brightness of several thousand stars were regularly scanned using two mini-telescopes in Hawaii. This equipment was built using commercial hardware: two digital cameras, attached to telephoto camera lenses on a robotic equatorial mount. A team of amateur astronomers helped with their own equipment to discard or confirm dozens of suspected transits."
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New Possible SIDS Genes Identified 88

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the sudden-discoveries dept.
ScienceDaily is reporting that researchers at the Mayo Clinic have identified two more cardiac genes that could contribute to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). From the article: "In the two recent separate studies, researchers examined caveolin-3 (CAV3) and the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and found molecular and functional evidence in both to implicate them as SIDS-susceptibility genes. Researchers examined the tissue of 135 unrelated cases of SIDS -- in infants with an average age of 3 months old -- that had been referred to Mayo Clinic's Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory for molecular autopsy. In each study, two of the 135 cases possessed mutations in either CAV3 or RyR2."

Choosing Careers in Technology? 107

Posted by Cliff from the tech-without-the-math-and-science-bits dept.
Salandarin asks: "Until recently, I was convinced that my destiny involved a degree in CS, stemming from my love of video games. I've really enjoyed what I've found so far, and I enjoy the art of programming and the study of algorithms. However, from what I'm told, more advanced study requires a strong knowledge of mathematics. Mathematics, much like the hard sciences, are not my interest. Although I'm not ready to abandon CS just yet, I'm starting to examine other options. I enjoy the world of technology more than any other, and as such I would really like to stay here, no matter what field I choose. I am specifically curious about jobs that involve some form of journalism, writing, and/or communication, but I'm open to everything at this point. What other careers are available in technology, for a person like me?"
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Journal Journal: Some people will toss a friendship for nothing....

Journal by Currawong
In an act of total irony, a friend said to me about a web page I had written, "What drugs were you on when you wrote that page?". Considering he'd just come out of hospital for a repeat episode of drug psychosis and I don't drink, smoke, take drugs (not even prescription ones)....

...and then toss the friendship in the bin over an IRC channel...that has to be the downer of the week. I'd hate to take things too seriously on the net.
It's funny. Laugh.

Journal Journal: /. lets me mod. Damn, I'll have to think.

Journal by Currawong
I must have good karma or something, I twice got mod points, possibly the consequence of a bunch of crappy comments, and a heap of accepted stories in the Apple section, with the icing being ultra-frequent meta-moderation.

Turning down the threshold to -1, i noticed some of the OT stuff is quite funny.

If anyone reads this, come and chat to me on IRC (irc.oz.org #macintosh) - same nick as here.

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