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“New” planetoid discovered farther than Pluto?
Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system’s smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity, said lead researcher Ko Arimatsu of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/atmosphere-icy-world-beyond-pluto-rcna343509 The planetoid, called “(612533) 2002 XV93” (good luck remembering that one), was discovered and […]
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“Japan should rethink gender roles”? Yeah, no kidding
On December 5th, I gave an invited lecture-slash-workshop at a university in Gifu, where conservative values reign and men and women think they can run the families like it’s 1899. The very same I made the trek up there, an … Continue reading
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