Guest Thinkers — November 14, 2010

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Starts With A Bang

The red color of Mars is mere inches deep

The surface and atmosphere is colored by ferric oxides. Beneath a very thin layer, mere millimeters deep in places, it’s not red anymore.

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The Past

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The Past

When enough is “enuf”: The strange and futile history of English spelling reform

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