Comet Lulin will offer stargazers a glimpse of the tiny green marvel as it orbits within 38 million miles from Earth, starting tonight. It will be visible in the lower eastern sky, just to the right of Saturn. If you miss tonight, you’ll have a few more opportunities over the next week.
The Pentagon today announced that it would not recognize traumatic stress as a qualification for awarding the purple heart (and therefore not honor those who suffered mental trauma while in the line of duty.) They argued that the purple heart should only recognize “physical” injuries. I would argue that with the right kind of brain [...]
After a brief hiatus, Pat is back to spread the good news of science over dogma.
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