She’s like Sylvia Plath dancing with Liz Fraser.

Still Awake ‘25 out now!

We remastered our 1996 album Still Awake. Available November 25th.

Look at the imaging – it’s beautiful.

Y'know, we argue over the definition of "planet" a lot.

But… we don't even have one *at all* for "moon".

What makes a moon?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

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All Grown Up – a jingle-jangle waltz-y look at the dizzying, fleeting time.

I really like this video; it’s like looking through someone else’s memory.

A little late on my part, but very much a total lunar eclipse for dummy:

www.axios.com/2025/03/13/t...

Kinda huge

“This approach leads to modified Einstein equations that, in the low coupling regime, i.e., low energies and small curvature, reduce to the classical equations of general relativity. However, the theory goes further, predicting the emergence of a small, positive cosmological constant”
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Warp speed, star style.

There's a total lunar eclipse on the 13/14th (Thursday night/Friday morning)! I have a summary and links in today's newsletter. Also: how asteroid impact predictions tend to drop to 0.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-wat...

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This is a personal favorite, only because the result was so much more than my half-fast idea. I wanted a blues song, but old – so I thought Irish. Thus the name Lia Fail, and the ship theme, maybe with indentured workers on it. The tale of promise vs demise is just never-ending.

Latest release: a double single (that’s really what it’s called) featuring instrumentals – Luddite, and Automaton. Both pieces imagine the path of life, from the first protocell (automaton) bobbing in the vast Archean ocean, to a farmer (Luddite) waiting for the thaw of winter.

From the album Lia Fail.

“Don’t be silent about communicating your science as widely as you can,” said computer scientist Marzyeh Ghassemi to the crowd at the Boston #StandUpforScience rally. 🧪 eos.org/articles/cro...