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Congratulations to everyone working on the Mars Phoenix Lander mission. You actually found ice on Mars!

I first found out while reading my Twitter, on which MarsPhoenix tweeted:

MarsPhoenix: Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!

I’m totally stoked right now. This is awesome!

June 19, 2008 — Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.

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Want. Now.

Gasp. An RPG where I can’t walk away in the middle of a fight to go pee? The fighting takes a bit to get used to, especially since it’s been awhile since I last held a PSP. It all seems chaotic at first, but I think I just have to play a little bit more…

[Source: Wikipedia]

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is one of a group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive incoordination of gait and often associated with poor coordination of hands, speech, and eye movements. Frequently, atrophy of the cerebellum occurs. [1]

As with other forms of ataxia, SCA results in unsteady and clumsy motion of the body due to a failure of the fine coordination of muscle movements, along with other symptoms.

The symptoms of the condition vary with the specific type (there are several), and with the individual patient. Generally, a person with ataxia retains full mental capacity but may progressively lose physical control.

Watch One Litre of Tears.

“If I have given you delight
By aught that I have done,
Let me lie quiet in that night
Which shall be yours anon:

And for the little, little, span
The dead are born in mind,
Seek not to question other than
The books I leave behind.”

- R. Kipling