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Weekend Diversion: Spin it 'Round!There are plenty of examples in the music world where a cover of a song is strikingly different from the original and still interesting. Take the song You Spin Me...
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From Dust to PlanetsBy Dr. Paul EstradaPlanetary physicist at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute, and Gail JacobsIf planets are a dime a dozen, moons are less...
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Whose world is it, anyway?"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." -Mark TwainSo, you've been around a while, seen all sorts of things, and...
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Important, some scary, comparisons across data 4 ur amusementThis morning, my inbox had a handful of interesting data that are totally unconnected to each other, each interesting in its own right, and...
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NASA Press Conference Will Announce Voyager Captured by Alien Craft!I'm kidding, I'm kidding, NASA did not say that. But I do think people need to take it down a notch with this whole blaming NASA for...
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