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Throughout the day on March 14, my newsfeed was filled with tributes to Stephen Hawking.  Although I also have a PhD, my degree is in neuropsychology, and I do not pretend to know enough about theoretical physics to fairly evaluate the quality of Dr. Hawking’s professional work.  I have, however, […]

My 7-year-old brought this drawing home from school today. It is looking at the eclipse through glasses…

Monday, August 21 was the big day… After weeks of anticipation and making the decision to keep my sons out of school for the first day of the year, we traveled to see the eclipse.  We spent the night at my parents’ home in southwest Virginia and left early on […]

When I first heard about the upcoming solar eclipse, I was very excited. Although not in my specific field of study, I am a scientist, and eclipses do not happen often. I also remembered being in elementary school many (many) years ago and feeling disappointed when we were not allowed […]

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