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A Wondrous Lifelong
Journey, Michael Gibbs
The decline in science literacy—simply being
able to think like a scientist—continues to pose a fundamental
challenge to our society. |
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Using
A Brane to Probe the Bulk, Chad A. Middleton
Imagine by crude illustration that our universe is a slice of
bread, one particular slice from a larger loaf. This odd imagining
is not too far removed from how some cosmologists have begun
to picture the Universe. |
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Astrobiology's
Long Road, Bruce Dorminey
In an age of mail-order art based on one's own DNA, it is
easy to forget that for all the hubris that comes with sequencing
the human genome, astrobiologists and geneticists alike are
still cowed by some truly basic astrobiological questions. |
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When Zeus Made
Night from Midday, Lou Mayo
The world and Universe as we know them are forever present.
But sprinkle uncertainty into this grand mix—as might
occur when something as profound as total solar eclipse occurs—and
you have a pretty unsettling situation. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Flow. Grace. Poetry. Nature. |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Look Closely and See Nothing |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
On the Way to Pluto! |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Nebular Hypothesis |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Fine-Tuning
the Distance Ladder |
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Societal
Impact , Dennis Schatz and Michael Bennett
Making the Country Better |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Discovery of Prominences |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
Practicing What We Preach |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
March Sky Map | April
Sky Map | May Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Works
of Note |
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Last
Word, Brandon R. Nugent
To
[Explore] Infinity and Beyond |
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