The strange phenomenon of Sonoluminescence is explored on IO9 today - no clear answers but it does have a nice pic.Tentative results suggesting the possibility of life on Titan, via New Scientist.
You've probably seen this clip before as it's 4 years old but I hadn't so proving Space is the Place here's some boffins larking around with Alka Seltzer in micro gravity conditions. Via Reddit.
Looks like we can leave the development of space to the Japanese - not only are they planning to send a humanoid robot to the moon by 2015 they've now released plans to have a robot moon base by 2020. And it's not that the private sector is lagging far behind there's some astonishingly ambitious plans on the Shimizu site for amongst other things a Solar Cell belt for the Moon that could supply all of the worlds energy requirements. My favourite idea is the Green Floats though.
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