晩秋の光景 ２ (The Scenery of Late Autumn 2)

　写真は堺市・津久野南団地の庭園で、2010年11月30日撮影。

The photo was taken at the garden of Tsukuno-minami Estate, Sakai, on November 30, 2010.

From tweets of yesterday (edited by rephrasing, adding words, etc.)

Astrophysics

"Shining new light on dark energy with galaxy clusters." Scientists' murky understanding of dark energy may have just gotten a little clearer, thanks to recent work by a team of researchers that includes astrophysicist Neelima Sehgal of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at SLAC. The team used observations from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, or ACT, in the Chilean Andes to more narrowly define the properties of dark energy. PhysOrg (December 9, 2010) (via Drea + team, astroparticle and Karin Fornazier). [Retweeted by Glaucio Souza]

Fundamental Physics

"CERN moves closer to antihydrogen spectroscopy." physicsworld (Dec 9, 2010). —ASACUSA group, led by Yasunori Yamazaki of the RIKEN laboratory in Japan, created beams of antihydrogen atoms by combining antiprotons with positrons in a "cusp trap." [Retweeted by Fermin Aceves]

Life Science

"Q&A: 'Science' journal official talks arsenic-based life." A recent announcement of the discovery of arsenic-based life on Earth was preceded by intense media speculation about possible implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. Now the journal Science is looking to keep the discussion grounded in a more Earthly reality. Live Science (via Jeremy Hsu and Nature News&Comment).

Peace and Politics

「九条の会」メルマガ108号 編集後記 朝鮮半島情勢に関する「武力紛争予防のためのグローバル・パートナーシップ（GPPAC）東北アジア」の声明、主要な６点の呼びかけを紹介。1. 今すぐあらゆる軍事行動を止めること、 2. 対話のための作業を開始すること、など。

Technology

[Retweet of John Pavlus's words via madge] Epic Process: "Making the Lego Antikythera," video with Adam Rutherford et al. Small Mammal. —A 2000-year-old analog computing device reconstructed out of Lego. It predicts solar and lunar eclipses, accurate to within two hours.