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Monday, September 4, 2006
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Math for biosciences -- Comment()
Advances in biology pulling math in a new direction: "Not only is it faster to work with a model, but math also allows scientists to control certain variables that may be impossible to control in a living organism. These models cannot mimic perfectly a living system, but they can help predict the outcome of future experiments."
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Moon crash -- Comment()
Spacecraft strikes Moon with intense flash: "The SMART-1 lunar probe crashed into the Moon right on cue on Sunday morning. Mission controllers at the European Space Agency lost contact with the probe at 0542 GMT, indicating that it had struck close to the planned landing site on the lunar [base "]Lake of Excellence[per thou]. [...] An infrared flash was captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope as SMART-1 hit the Moon."
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