The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and Hubblecast bring you a new and detailed look at the famous Ring Nebula. The Ring’s distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star reveal a new twist.
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Sen Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, says President Obama has lost “the moral authority to lead the nation.” Paul explains, “No one questions his legal authority; I think he’s losing the moral authority to lead this nation. He really needs to put a stop to this. I don’t care whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, no one likes to see being punished for your political belief.”
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One of the two men arrested on suspicion of murdering a British soldier in London was arrested in Kenya in 2010 and arraigned in court before the Kenyan government deported him back to the United Kingdom. Michael Adebolajo was accused in Kenya of seeking training with al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia.
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This Japanese girl group rose to fame singing Pokemon tunes and dressing in “sentai” superhero costumes, each singer donning a different color to form a multicolored ensemble. The video for their new single “Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi yo” alludes to this past with its visuals of five colored pots from which the girls hatch. But they do appear to be growing up now, wearing more macabre finery including the beehive wigs that seemingly could have come from the prop department of a Tim Burton movie. Whatever, the new single shot to the top of the Japanese pop charts, and Momoiro Clover Z recently performed in concert in Tokyo before more than 75,000 screaming fans.
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Momoiro Clover Z in an earlier incarnation singing “Otome Sensou.”
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The rapper Froggy Fresh, formerly known as Krispy Kreme, goes through a night of soul-searching before staging a daring rescue of his friend Money Maker Mike from a dangerous situation in a hospital emergency room. It’s comedy delivered with a heart and a tinge of relevance.
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A sixth night of rioting has hit Sweden’s capital of Stockholm, despite police reinforcements being deployed. The rioting also spread outside the capital for the first time on Friday, with Islamic youths, many of them immigrants, torching vehicles and buildings in two nearby towns.
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The magician and entertainer explains his Libertarian philosophy, but also tells why he tries to avoid actively proselytizing or preaching to others about why they should adopt his beliefs. While he’s a Libertarian who favors maximum civil liberties and freedoms, some situations demand different responses, for instance, if a foreign country mounted an invasion against the United States.
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Two developments in quantum computing in the past couple of weeks are the harbingers of a whole new era of smart technology. Google announced that it’s building a quantum computer designed by a company called D-Wave in partnership with NASA, and government scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory revealed that they developed a secure quantum computing network two years ago! Get the details about these developments from Hank Green in this episode of SciShow News.
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Fifty-four percent of Americans say Congress should cut spending from current levels and 62 percent say Congress should forget about gun control and move on to other issues.
Social Security is widely popular, with 65 percent having a favorable view of the retirement portions of the program. But it’s also widely misunderstood as an individual retirement account rather than a transfer payment financed by current tax dollars.
A plurality – 45 percent of respondents – still dislike Obamacare and one in five Americans qualifies as libertarian based on responses to questions about the role of the government in social and economic affairs. The results come from the latest The Reason-Rupe Poll, a quarterly, national survey of 1,003 people via cell phones and landlines. More from Reason.TV.
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