Rebecca Boyle

Blogger, Popular Science

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Freelance #scicomm, telescope hugger, friend of bats, curious person. Find me @PopSci @Dvice @airspacemag & more, and always in the kitchen.

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Apparently there is an Italian variety sketch show called Colorado, complete with a picture of Red Rocks on the set. Hmm?
@BofA_Help I am not in the USA, is there an international number/ number from outside USA?
iPhone stolen from under my nose, so if anyone gets weird tweets from me, sorry!
@BofA_Help how can I change my password from my device if my other phone was stolen?
RT @MarsCuriosity: Second rock target drilling complete! Looks a lot like the first use. (Well, you know the drill.) pic.twitter.com/66ZZEOjRYH

MarsCuriosity: Second rock target drilling ...

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RT @m_m_campbell: A maizing discovery. Cornstarch can replace cyanide in gold extraction. Greener approach. pops.ci/1032dvQ #technol

Cornstarch Replaces Cyanide In Clean New Gold Extraction Method

popsci.com — Scientists accidentally discover a new way to isolate gold that is much safer than existing processes, which use toxic cyanide. Gold, precious forever but especially lately, is a tricky metal. Bound up in consumer electronics, jewelry and the ores that it comes from, gold is difficult to extract, and most modern processes do it with a highly toxic combination of cyanide salts.

Equipment Failure May Cut Kepler Mission Short

nytimes.com — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has been crippled by the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed, the space agency is announcing this afternoon, according to astronomers close to the situation.
RT @cragcrest: Thanks for the follow @WillFerreI. You're so wise--like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.
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