For Science Freaks

The staff science groupie reports that in this week's news were stories about the rate of spin of the Earth's core, triggered by an article in the August 27th issue of Science Magazine. They haven't put the article in the free content on their website, but we do have a paper subscription, and the full text will eventually turn up in the Gale/Infotrac magazine databases. Call the library at 955-6781 for the password.
       In another piece of science news, NASA celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the infra-red Spitzer Space Telescope with the release of an image of galaxy NGC 4725. The press release contains an informative caption; but mainly, the image is really pretty.
       Lastly, it can be rewarding to keep your eye on the page which tracks Antarctic icebergs. The most recent image (August 26) is very clear. (Not always the case. It's winter there, and often there's heavy cloud cover.)