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Kristin Ferrell
@kristinferrell.bsky.social
passionately curious goofball extraordinaire explorer of music, science, and snarky cross-stitch
Exciting work that supports learning and literacy beyond traditional book reading. Song, dance, and other modes of story sharing represent impactful (and joyful!) literacy practices, allowing for even greater self-expression and deep learning.

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Beyond books: New NZCER research urges broader view of literacy in early childhood | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
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July 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Researchers have created a supersolid of light, defying all known categories of matter. It flows (without friction), but its particles are arranged in a crystalline lattice, like a solid. Einstein's beam of light is then both the bridge and the water flowing underneath?

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March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Taurus Molecular Cloud through swirling dust, powerful outflowing gas forms a narrow jet. The newborn star is located on one end of the jet, hidden behind an edge-on protoplanetary disc that the star is illuminating—a mesmerizing glimpse into the origins of solar systems.
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March 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No one can blame you...
For walking away 🦉🔮
😂😂😂
March 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rather than thinking of the enormity of galaxy clusters, imagine scaling down to think of these groupings as part of a dynamic open system. Maybe each cluster--or even smaller yet, each galaxy--serves as a neuron? Like neural branching in the brain!

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An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times that of the sun, according to preliminary research
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February 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM