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HALE was successfully completed Tuesday, July 29, 2008. To help commemorate the 10th anniversary of LEGO ® Mindstorms ®, Nevada Space Grant, the University of Nevada-Reno, National Instruments, The Energizer Battery Company, and the LEGO Mindstorms Team conducted the High Altitude LEGO Extravaganza. H.A.L.E is an event that carried nine LEGO Mindstorms-based payloads into the Earth’s stratosphere. At that altitude H.A.L.E. was above 99.9% of the atmosphere. Two balloons carried payloads from the USA, Taiwan, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Denmark to an altitude just over 99,500 feet.
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New Scientist Breaking News - Gene turn-off makes meek mice fear
Deactivating a specific gene transforms meek mice into daredevils, researchers have found. The team believe the research might one day enable people suffering from fear - in the form of phobias or anxiety disorders, for example - to be clinically treated.Halton C. Arp - The Official Website. Communicating information on galaxies, quasars and cosmology which ordinarily would not be available in professional journals or the public media.
