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Infecting Students with Enthusiasm For Astrobiology

The virus that causes COVID-19 offers a teachable moment for thinking beyond our earthly limits In Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel Aurora (2015, Orbit Books), a starship undertakes a multi-generation voyage to the star Tau Ceti to colonize the moon of … Continue reading

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Growing up with Ray Bradbury (originally posted in June 2012)

One of my summer rituals while growing up was reading Dandelion Wine.  This wonderful novel by Ray Bradbury is one of my all time favorite books, and it always set the tone for my summers after I discovered it sometime … Continue reading

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