HuffPost Science: Planet X; SpaceX; Alien Hunter Steps Down

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Have Scientists Found New 'Planet X?' A planet four times the size of Earth may be skirting the edges of the solar system beyond Pluto, noted astronomer conjectures. Click the link above to learn more. Actor's Ashes 'Beamed Up' Into Space How To See SpaceX Capsule In Night Sky Celebrated Alien Hunter Steps Down Asteroid May Come Oh-So-Close To Satellites BLOG POSTS David Kaiser: Elegant Wiggles: How the Universe Got Its Lumps Back in January the Edge posted almost 200 short essays in response to the question, "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?" Right away I knew what my favorite candidate would be: the prevailing explanation for why the universe is lumpy. Matthew Hutson: Do We See People in Persistent Vegetative States As More Dead Than Dead People? What do we think of people in persistent vegetative states, who can breathe but can't think? Mentally, they are dead, but since we're very aware of the body still lying there, we can't as easily imagine them as active characters in our lives. Anna Leahy: SpaceX: Future or Failure? Spaceflight is hard. Really hard. And that's one reason that we bother going to space at all. Garth Sundem: Salk Study: Eating for Eight Hours Reduces Obesity and Diabetes Risk Let's get this out of the way: No one's recommending you sit down and eat for eight hours. But a study shows that if you condense the total time you eat each day to only eight hours, you can prevent weight gain and reduce diabetes risk. J. Kelly Beatty: The Annular Eclipse: Seen Sideways Too many stories showed pictures of total solar eclipses instead of annulars. Confusion abounded as what you'd see from within the path versus elsewhere. At least they all emphasized the danger of looking directly at the Sun.

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