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March 4, 2019 astronomy / physics / technology

In praise of astonishment

Does our love of the new and strange, both in literature and science, flow from the same wellspring? On the restorative power of surprise. (900 words)

January 15, 2019 astronomy / history of science / long form / society

The weightlessness of knowledge

Does the citizen scientist have a long term future? It depends on the future of both the citizen and the scientist. (4000 words)

December 23, 2015 astronomy / history of science / long form / publications / society

Sky Readers [Aeon]

For most of human history, the stars told us where we were in space and time. Have we forgotten how to look up? (3600 words)

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