May 2011
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 22nd
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SOHO watched as a fairly bright comet dove towards the Sun in a white streak and was not seen again after its close encounter (May 10-11, 2011). The comet, probably part of the Kreutz family of comets, was discovered by amateur astronomer Sergey Shurpakov. In this coronagraph the Sun (represented by a white circle) is blocked by the red occulting disk so that the faint structures in the...
May 16th
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May 15th
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“Humans are good at pattern recognition. This allows experienced clinicians to...”
– Harriet Hall, “Cognitive Traps” (Science-Based Medicine)
May 14th
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May 13th
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My middle finger on my right hand is having a bad day today. Not only did I smush my nail-bed while grinding coffee at the store, but I also managed to burn the tip on the oven while baking tofu. Just one tiny area of my body looks and feels like it’s been beat up :-(
May 10th
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May 8th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd