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In case you wanted something to read over the weekend ;) I'd been collecting these over the last few weeks, from various sources.
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"At least it' isn't cancer", from Complex Child, March 2016

A rare spotted zebra recently found in Kenya, from The National Geographic

How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? from BBC News

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Planetarium, by Adrienne Rich

Photos:

High above Jupiter's Clouds, a photo from NASA

A Kamchatka photo, by Denis Budkov

Astronomy and Philosophy:

Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan, from Brain Pickings

Medicine and Applied Psychology:

Things to say to a friend with a serious illness(instead of, "Everything will be OK", "Stay strong", and "Everything happens for a reason ( Read more... )

Gene therapy could help people overcome meth addiction (promising research)

Those Signs of Liquid Water on Mars May Not Be Water After All (rather disappointing)

10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week (science, medical research, technology, etc.)

What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?, from The Smithsonian Magazine ( Read more... )

With all delighted gratitude to
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Further details have been posted on the Astronomers Without Borders website.

The address has not changed; you can send your glasses to:

AWB Eclipse Glasses Donation Program
Explore Scientific
1010 S. 48th Street
Springdale, AR 72762

Further details can be found over here at their website

The Eclipse of the Sun, 1820

High on her speculative tower
Stood Science waiting for the hour
When Sol was destined to endure
That darkening of his radiant face
Which Superstition strove to chase,
Erewhile, with rites impure.

By William Wordsworth

Originally posted by duathir at William Wordsworth, 'The Eclipse of the Sun, 1820'
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