Category Archives: Mysteries of Life

The tale of the voracious star

Posted on July 16, 2026 by Naomi

For all my fearful fellow creatures who see black holes wherever they look, this from Harper’s Weekly Report: A star 1,300 light-years away swallowed a planet in its orbit and may soon devour another celestial object with 22 times Jupiter’s … Continue reading →

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I want to talk about glass slippers

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Naomi

No idea why I woke up early this morning thinking, “Why did her fairy godmother give Cinderella glass slippers?!” Maybe the fairy godmother had taken a quick handout from Cinderella’s throughly rotten stepmother. In any case, FG must not have … Continue reading →

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Mysteries of life: Ancient grains and all that

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Naomi

Just returned from a shopping trip with a number of necessities, one big mistake (a box labeled “chocolate chips” in which the chips, with which I was going to make oatmeal choc chip cookies, were hidden in a dry cookie … Continue reading →

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