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Moons are Planets
That’s No Moon In next month’s issue of Icarus, a group of geological and astronomical scientists argue for moons and planets to be classified within the same category. …
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The Mountains Behind the Mountains
A buddy once came to visit me when I lived in Bozeman, Montana. We were both at a point in life that airline tickets were a bit of…
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On Reunions with Lost Selves – or – Whimsy v. Vogons
In today’s installment of Adam Savage’s One Day Builds, Adam re-created the first thing he ever engineered with a releasing mechanism: a ping pong ball launcher. He first…
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Regrowth
I woke up yesterday thinking about what I wanted to write. And today, same. Yesterday I stayed in bed for a while, enjoying being able to puzzle…
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Who cleans up when it’s no-one’s mess?
I drove past a small boulevard tree the other day, maybe 8 feet tall with a 1.5-inch diameter trunk, which was completely engulfed in a plastic sheet. A…
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Learning in/from the Rock
I had been hoping to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while I was in Cleveland. I had even made a point to schedule a little…
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