"The mystery of how living organisms sprung out of lifeless rock has long puzzled scientists, but we think that the unusual phosphorus chemicals we found could be a precursor to the batteries that now power all life on Earth. But the fact that it developed simply, in...
Life springs from all places
Physics says: go to sleep. Of course
you’re tired. Every atom in you
has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes
nonstop from mitosis to now.
Quit tapping your feet. They’ll dance
inside themselves without you. Go to sleep.Geology says: it will be all right. Slow inch
by inch America is giving itself
to the ocean. Go to sleep. Let darkness
lap at your sides. Give darkness an inch.
You aren’t alone. All of the continents used to be
one body. You aren’t alone. Go to sleep.Astronomy says: the sun will rise tomorrow,
Zoology says: on rainbow-fish and lithe gazelle,
Psychology says: but first it has to be night, so
Biology says: the body-clocks are stopped all over town
and
History says: here are the blankets, layer on layer, down and down.
Have you heard that Kate McKinnon is going to voice Ms. Frizzle in reboot of the Magic School Bus?!?! We’ve had several posts relevant to dressing as an astronomical Ms. Frizzle, but while finishing yesterday’s post I found these more, ahem, down-to-Earth* options at @modcloth!
Geode dress (sizes XXS to 4X)
Button up top in Geology (sizes XXS to 4X)
Of Quartz I Will tank top (sizes XS to 4X)
–Emily
*Never sorry!
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"We can say little, if anything, about what these patterns [above] signify, why they were cut into rocks, or who created them. For all intents and purposes, they might have been made by aliens." When a new NASA book on alien communicationshas a paragraph like that, you better pay...
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