Last week, I watched a just-past-full moon rise over the sea, from a place where the sky was dark enough to observe a lunar “dawn” — the sky noticeably brightening before the moon appeared above the horizon. Not as spectacular as a solar dawn, but beautiful in its own subtle way.
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Chemistry holds universe’s secrets
How do you make a universe?
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Using evolution against itself
It is a widely held misapprehension that evolution is “just a theory.”
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The whale’s tale stirs imaginations
What is it about whales?
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Universe’s story unfolds in pictures
Question: How do you turn a star inside out? Answer: You give it time.
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These heroes battle microbes
As if AIDS-afflicted Africa didn’t have enough to contend with, the deadly Ebola virus keeps raising its ugly head, most recently in the West African nation of Gabon.
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Merry Chipmas to all
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
Not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse,
Little Susie asleep with her dollies galore,
And a dozen stuffed animals strewn on the floor.
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In search of universe’s point
Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg is perhaps best known to the general public as author of a scrappy remark near the end of his 1977 best-selling book, “The First Three Minutes.” He wrote: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”
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The gray areas save the world
Let me speak for gray.
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Can’t see heavens for all the stars
This is the time of year when anyone who teaches or writes about astronomy is deluged with the question: What kind of telescope should I buy my kid for Christmas?