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As reported in the New York Times and elsewhere, a pair of…

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Electronica composer John Boswell remixes the preambles and perorations of Carl Sagan…

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Monkeys are making news across the world of science. As we discussed…

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FROM THE STRUGGLE between Cartesian science and the Classics lampooned by Jonathan…

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THE LITTLE PEOPLE always have been with us.
Since 2004, human paleontologists have…

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AUTO­NOMOUS CITY EXPLORER, or “Ace,” is a robot built by researchers at…

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THE STAR TREK MYTHOS hosts one of the most flourishing bodies of…

<em>The surface of Pluto from computer models, by L. Calçada</em>

VENETIA PHAIR (née Burney), who named the planet Pluto, died on April…

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The catalogue of the MIT Press arrived in the mail today. One…

<em>Everyone knows the Moon's made of cheese...</em>

FREE­LANCERS, GIVE UP your paltry hopes of making a killing by cooking…

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MARGARET and CHRISTINE WERTHEIM are crocheting a coral reef, and they’re eager…

<i>Horvath kite over Switzerland's Morteratsch Glacier</i>

Thomas Horvath’s kites are like every kite you’ve ever seen, and like…

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Here’s a quick post pointing to Hulu’s Cosmos channel, where Carl Sagan’s…

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Among the radio transmissions winging its way to other galaxies from Earth…