good: NASA’s shuttle program may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole universe left to explore—and a whole new generation of astronomers and astronauts to get excited about life beyond our chunk of rock. Now, thanks to 10 years of work on the part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, budding scientists will now have a better picture, literally, of what’s out there than we’ve ever had. The image above is the result of the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) and is”the most complete 3-D map of the local universe (out to a distance of 380 million light-years) ever created.” This 3-D Map Will Make Teaching Astronomy a Whole Lot Cooler - Education - GOOD

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NASA’s shuttle program may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole universe left to explore—and a whole new generation of astronomers and astronauts to get excited about life beyond our chunk of rock. Now, thanks to 10 years of work on the part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, budding scientists will now have a better picture, literally, of what’s out there than we’ve ever had. The image above is the result of the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) and is”the most complete 3-D map of the local universe (out to a distance of 380 million light-years) ever created.”

This 3-D Map Will Make Teaching Astronomy a Whole Lot Cooler - Education - GOOD

good: This might not come as a big surprise to those of us who read the op-ed pages every day, but most commentators are not accurate prognosticators. New analysis of pundits’ statements during the 2008 presidential race shows that while a number of them fared better than a simple coin toss at predicting outcomes, most were reliably inaccurate. Which talking heads got it right occasionally—and which stopped making sense? Infographic: How Often Are the Talking Heads Right? - Politics - GOOD

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This might not come as a big surprise to those of us who read the op-ed pages every day, but most commentators are not accurate prognosticators. New analysis of pundits’ statements during the 2008 presidential race shows that while a number of them fared better than a simple coin toss at predicting outcomes, most were reliably inaccurate. Which talking heads got it right occasionally—and which stopped making sense?

Infographic: How Often Are the Talking Heads Right? - Politics - GOOD