http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the Science collection en-us Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesNow you can stay up to date with all the Mixxing going on with this RSS feed. Enjoy the goodness and feel free to throw something into the Mixx whenever the mood strikes you. Finally, a manufacturer with complete pond care that is environmentally friendly, Organica Biotech, Inc. This company manufactures high quality, environmentally responsible products. Their products are both cost effective and naturally safe solutions as a Sat May 17 22:48:57 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/302171/continue_earth_day_with_organic_products_for_your_pond thingy_302171 Rubab http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/04/continue-earth-day-with-organic.html Asteroid impacts could help spread life throughout the universe. Sun May 18 06:26:40 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/302796/space_rocks_could_reseed_life_on_earth thingy_302796 brad0022 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080515-am-asteroid-impacts.html <img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/icons/default_video.128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>According to this streaming news report, Eight Belles was in perfect health when she collapsed moments after finishing second in the Derby. Sun May 18 00:15:30 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/videos/302284/eight_belles_autopsy_report_now_public_video thingy_302284 GrrlScientist http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/eight_belles_autopsy_report_no.php <img src="http://images.mixx.com/video_thumbnails/5b64a80f85d1ea7d76dc31f3b774ce7622015541_128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Using the stored static electricity within a salt grinder to create lightning in a bottle. Sun May 18 09:34:08 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/videos/303066/wicked_lightning_experiment_video_metacafe thingy_303066 Biink http://www.metacafe.com/watch/838094/wicked_lightning_experiment/ <img src="http://www.mixx.com/images/icons/default_video.128x96.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>This is a fun little experiment with water that was supercooled to -21C (-6F). The supercooled water is poured into a bowl. It pours out as a liquid and turns to slush, forming ropelike peaks. Sat May 17 17:46:42 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/videos/301633/kitchen_science_ice_nine_video thingy_301633 GrrlScientist http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/kitchen_science_icefive.php#more Some examples of a computer based brain-training method designed to improve working memory, which as has been reported recently by a Swiss-American team, also increases scores in "fluid intelligence", or general problem-solving ability. Sun May 18 08:07:23 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/302941/linknotes_cognitive_fun_improve_your_fluid_intelligence thingy_302941 rj3sp http://rj3sp.blogspot.com/2008/05/cognitive-fun-improve-fluid.html <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/33e07042c624b92c16fc2c0aaa9acdf838fccb64_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Gazing skyward on a sunny day in May, photographer Jean-Marc Lecleire captured this engaging display of ice halos forming complete circles in the sky. Sun May 18 06:51:47 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/302844/circles_in_the_sky thingy_302844 katharinec http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080516.html Now the looming question is what to do with all that plastic. Of the 2.7 million tons of plastic PET bottles on U.S. shelves in 2006, four-fifths went to landfills. Sun May 18 06:18:15 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/302783/does_recycling_plastic_cost_more_than_making_it thingy_302783 brad0022 http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/080508-llm-recycle-plastic.html <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/a8412dd20eeecfae5ec3d52f08abf54f25635f9a_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>The world's first platypus twin puggles born in captivity are shown at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2003. The task of laying bare the platypus genome of 2.2 billion base pairs spread across 18,500 genes has taken several years, but will do far more than satis Sun May 18 07:07:14 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/302869/platypus_mystery_solved thingy_302869 Magicman http://www.worldamazinginformation.com/2008/05/platypus-mystery-solved.html The space agency is preparing a touchdown on the red planet by a probe built from spare parts Sun May 18 01:27:54 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/302463/nasa_hopes_for_inch_perfect_landing_on_mars thingy_302463 hdar3415 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/18/spaceexploration.spacetechnology?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront