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What a read! “It’s like trying to harness a chain reaction at the heart of an atom bomb…" The Girl Who Turned to Bone bit.ly/189rHfq
The Girl Who Turned to Bone
theatlantic.com — When Jeannie Peeper was born in 1958, there was only one thing amiss: her big toes were short and crooked. Doctors fitted her with toe braces and sent her home. Two months later, a bulbous swelling appeared on the back of Peeper's head.
Massive elliptical galaxy merger a 'train wreck' in early universe lat.ms/18jchTt
Massive elliptical galaxy merger a 'train wreck' in early universe
latimes.com — Astronomers have pulled back curtains of space dust to find a star-spangled show: a massive pair of galaxies smashing into each other to eventually form an even bigger elliptical galaxy, one that's 10 times the size of the Milky Way, in which stars are forming at the breakneck speed of 2,000 suns per year.
The 'Yao Ming' of elliptical galaxies? lat.ms/18jchTt
Massive elliptical galaxy merger a 'train wreck' in early universe
latimes.com — Astronomers have pulled back curtains of space dust to find a star-spangled show: a massive pair of galaxies smashing into each other to eventually form an even bigger elliptical galaxy, one that's 10 times the size of the Milky Way, in which stars are forming at the breakneck speed of 2,000 suns per year.
Just riding in style around the DTLA flower district. I'm kinda jealous. pic.twitter.com/pn5GqHeT9a
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Just read a FB status ending with, "I love self-improvement." I turn to Twitter for relief.
@pocojuan @SylvieDahl Ah, total brain-glitch. Thanks for the catch!
NASA Curiosity drills second Mars rock, Cumberland, to double-check life-friendly findings from 'John Klein' latimes.com/news/science/s…
NASA Curiosity drills second Mars rock to check John Klein surprise
latimes.com — NASA ’s Mars rover Curiosity has already met its mission goals, discovering that parts of the Red Planet could have been friendly to microbial life. But not one to rest on its scientific laurels, the robot has drilled a second sample of rock to back up the rover’s ground-breaking findings.
@GerrickKennedy I read it three times over, just to savor it. So good.
When Eve's last album was released, Nicki Minaj was a Red Lobster waitress. lat.ms/13IW8Wl by the one and only @GerrickKennedy
Eve's bite is as sharp as ever
latimes.com — When Eve's last album was released, Kanye West was known only as a producer, Drake was playing an awkward teenager on Canadian TV and waitress Nicki Minaj was slinging Red Lobster's famous cheddar biscuits. To say a lot has changed is an understatement.
OMG I just found out that friends have been sending tweets to "aminawrites," rather than @aminawrite. So many missed tweets! So sad!
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