Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

BlogBall09 – Mid-season update

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For those of you who are curious, here are the standings in our two edublogger fantasy baseball leagues at the All-Star break:

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A young armored man consults an elderly bearded man holding a key and a staff, both seated and looking at an open book, as if exploring how stories teach philosophy.

Big Think Books

5 stories that teach you philosophy (better than some philosophy books)

Want to study philosophy but skip some of its heavier tomes? These five novels are a great place to start. (Existential despair guaranteed.)

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Starts With A Bang

Video: NASA’s PUNCH mission sees the Sun’s corona in action

Launched in March, the PUNCH mission has viewed two incredible coronal mass ejections, tracking them farther from the Sun than ever before.

An artist's impression of a cluster of stars.

Starts With A Bang

JWST won’t find the very first stars, but a new telescope can

Many were hoping that JWST would find the first stars of all. Despite many hopeful claims, it hasn’t, and probably can’t. Here’s how we can.

Starts With A Bang

The Universe is not symmetric

The laws of physics obey certain symmetries and defy others. It’s theoretically tempting to add new ones, but reality doesn’t agree.

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Starts With A Bang

10 thoughtful insights about the great cosmic unknowns

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

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