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Reminder: It’s Free Chocolate Day. Want Yours?

JR — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:03:32 +0000

Don’t forget: Today is free chocolate day! Mars Candy is handing out free full-sized candy bars as part of its Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act. Only the first 250,000 people who sign up will get the free chocolate today, so try while you can.

Free Chocolate: How?

Mars Candy announced it’s handing out free chocolate every Friday between now and September as part of its “relief” program. You just have to sign up on RealChocolate.com to get a coupon for a choice of a Snickers, Twix, Dove, 3 Musketeers, or M&Ms.

If you can’t get through today, don’t worry: You have every Friday until September 25 to try. The giveaway opens at 9 a.m. ET each week.

The free chocolate coupons take about five weeks to be mailed to you. Good luck!

Your personal deep sea webcam

Steven Hodson — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:56:06 +0000

It is often said that we know less about our oceans that we do about the Moon but considering all the technology at our disposal this could very change in the years to come. To this end the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) has recently launched a new site that will let you spy in on one small section of the deep sea – 3,000 feet down.

The Eye-in-the-ocean is a 502-pound video camera that is a part of an underwater observatory operating in the deep ocean. The camera is one of many instruments powered by the Monterey Accelerated Research Station (MARS) that began operating last November. The giant metal pyramids shaped platform is connected to the shore by 32 miles of cables that pretty well serves as an electrical outlet for all the instruments.

Unfortunately they haven’t made the video viewer embeddable so you will have to visit the ORCA site to be able to spy in on the happenings 3,000 feet down. Just don’t expect any more exciting that you might see watching paint dry – oh wait .. what was that that just floated by??

[via Discovery Online]

Snow on Mars? More likely than you think

Duncan Riley — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:07:13 +0000

NASA scientists have reported that snow is falling in the atmosphere above Mars.

Snow was first spotted on the red planet last year, although the current observation is far more extensive,.

The Marsian snow does not reach the surface of the planet, and vaporizes in the atmosphere.

Until recently, Mars was believed to be waterless. The Guardian has more.

Space has a spokesman: Scott Maxwell

Duncan Riley — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:09:49 +0000

Video clips at Ustream

Scott Maxwell of JPL and the driver of the Mars Rovers presented at Gnomedex this afternoon, and managed what I’m told is only the second standing ovation in the history of Gnomedex.

I haven’t checked the video for quality, but put simply space has a spokesman, and let loose on kiddies and adults alike, Maxwell could inspire an entire new generation to dream of space.