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Cassandra L. Rasmussen

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Joining the Club . . . 200 Years Ago

Nowadays it’s impossible to walk past the Science Center without getting ambushed by representatives from an a cappella group or ...


Scientists Make New Black Hole Discovery

Generally, stars, planets, and particularly black holes are described in terms of billions of years, but researchers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Center say they recently found a black hole formed only 30 years ago.


The Ancient Art of Text in Adams

A capital “M” is the widest letter in the alphabet. The letter “e” is the most common letter in English.


Reinventing the Wheel

Some say there’s no reinventing the wheel, but MIT researchers have taken it far beyond what the Sumerians likely envisioned.