Probe gets clearest glimpse yet of cosmic dawn - space - 17 September 2009 - New Scientist

The Planck spacecraft has obtained its first peek at the afterglow of the big bang, revealing it in unprecedented detail. Its first map of the entire sky is set to be complete in about six months.

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"The afterglow of the big bang" ... We are sending peeping tom probes into deep space. The Planck spacecraft, sitting in a tree staring into the universe's window.

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Sunset from my office.

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Yale and service

Washington Monthly ranks Yale 23rd in its social contribution. While I think it's fair to rank Yale well below the nation's top public universities, I have a nit to pick. WM's "Service" metric includes ROTC participation; for reasons dating back to the Vietnam War, ROTC has a very low profile on Yale's campus. But WM doesn't effectively track community service performed on campus, so the work of Dwight Hall, an independent organization on campus that generates thousands and thousands of student community service hours, goes unnoticed. Yale definitely felt like a place where service was considered extremely important; sadly, that's not reflected in the ranking.

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My window, again.

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My bedroom window.

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Coors Field

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Snowy Range, WY

Liz and I drove up to the Snowy Range in Medicine Bow National Forest,
only a few hours north of Boulder. We hiked to the top of Medicine Bow
Mountain where there's still snow at 12000'. We also saw a moose and
her calf when we came around a bend along the Libby Creek trail. We
weren't more than 15' from the two of them. They watched us warily for
a bit before going back to breakfast. Lifelong dream to see a moose:
check. Time to dream bigger.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Westward, ho!

Road trip to Boulder, CO. Follow my progress here.

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Dress Like Harvard

HT to Daniela

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The true Harvard man wears Harvard Yard.

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Settlers of Cataan

The game I love to hate -- can't decide if it's worth the family tension or not. I sat this one out.

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