IN THIS ISSUE

• There’s no business like show business
  Museum acquires LARGE commercial movie projector from its 1950s history
• Why didn't Bock get to fly his own bomber, Bockscar?
  Our question of the month relates to the Nagasaki mission
• Muon mission in Tuscany
  Los Alamos is adapting muon tomography to help preserve a Renaissance masterpiece in Florence.
• Mars rover’s laser can now target rocks all by itself
  New software is enabling ChemCam to select rock targets autonomously—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission
• Tide-triggered tremors give clues for earthquake prediction
  The study reports that the deepest part of California’s 800-mile-long San Andreas Fault is weaker than expected and produces small earthquakes in response to tidal forces
• Meet a new summer student: Shayna Naranjo
  The recent high school grad will attend Stanford University this fall

EVENTS

• From supercomputers to forecasting illness
  Scientist in the Spotlight 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, August 13
• Science on Tap - Neutrinos
  Join us at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 18

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