Last week, a group a scientists announced at a conference in France that they have discovered a trio of super-Earths a relatively short distance from our solar system. This is exciting news for the astronomy community, who pretty much have to kill one another in cold blood to make headlines these days—and even then...
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Heartened by the recent blow struck against the spidergoat menace, I’ve found that my outlook has improved dramatically. There’s been a subtle spring in my step, a flicker of hope around the corners of my smile. It’s kind of like the end of “Terminator 2,” when Sarah Connor stares at the road ahead of...
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A funny thing happened when I mentioned both doom news and spidergoats in the same story. Out of nowhere, the forces of good got one right. This happens every now and then, I suppose—minor victories that stem the tides of darkness and give us some small (if temporary) comfort. “There’s no way in hell...
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Every now and then, dire news quietly appears in the background of media noise. Let’s call it doom news. The reporter puts on his best Pulitzer voice, while a stern-sounding expert tries to explain why the apocalypse lurks on the horizon—and, as often as not, why it’s already too late. The varieties of doom...
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