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What the newspapers said 100 years ago
Our towns...
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Take it straight up
The universe contains more than 200 billion galaxies...
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Fallen rainbow
Imagine the disaster if there was no fall...
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Famous physicists’ takeaways
The Night Sky...
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Behold the cycles of astronomy and nature
The rarest rhythms in the sky…
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A bridge too far
Once hailed as a man-made wonder of the world...
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What was in the news in New Paltz 100 years ago?
The Winning Home Bureau Float included a replica of the Memorial House within a picket fence. In front was an...
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It’s dustyÂ
The most common solid in the cosmos?
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What works for sex offenders?
I never expected to know sex offenders beyond the ones I encountered early in my life...
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The Milky Way neatly splits the sky from north to south in September
Eyes on the skies..
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Summerfall
The summer light wanes...
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Local spectacles
Enough fooling around. You’d like to see something amazing. A celestial spectacle that doesn’t require a telescope or star chart.
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What was in the news in New Paltz 100 years ago?
Electric and elderberries...
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No eclipse, but maybe some meteors
The eclipse will be invisible from all of North America...
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“If not now, when?”Â
One day, I saw the smartest girl reading a thick, impressive book...
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Femtosecond realities
We’re only aware of events if they don’t happen too quickly...
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Science from your car
Fun on a summer drive, if you like science...
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Blue: Your favorite color
At least that’s what surveys of adults show...
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