Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

Spring Break Open Thread

Post volcano news here while Erik is off in the desert!

Big volcano news while I’m away in Death Valley? Post it here – or just discuss all the volcanic bits that you run across …

Moonrise over Ubehebe Crater, California.

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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