December 17, 2012

Ethan Siegel Answers All Your Questions

Ethan Siegel, ScienceBlogs


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Every once in a while, I throw the chance out there (on facebooktwitter, or google+) to ask me whatever questions you want. Yesterday, for some insane reason, I invited people across all three platforms to ask me whatever they liked, with a dual promise that I’d not only answer them, but that the best ones would receive a free “The Year In Space” calendar for 2013, courtesy of the Planetary...

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