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Planned and unplanned

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Careful forethought vs. serendipity

Equivocal insights from photography.

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Beginning with a question mark

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The written and the spoken word

We ask a question: how do you ask a question?

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Numbering the stars (II)

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The observable universe

One word is the difference between calculation and infinity.

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Numbering the stars (I)

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Big numbers

We look at answers to an obvious question.

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Destroying the world (almost)

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Science to serve the plot

We comment on a science-fiction novel in progress.

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Username and password

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Online registration

Why do we have to have an account for everything we do online?

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What is your name?

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Power and placeholders

We point out a difference between mathematics and magic.

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The narrative imperative

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Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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Names for numbers

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Changing designations

Our astronomer wonders about Thor’s Helmet, the Heart and Soul, and other things.

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Professional writing

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and professional reading

Some writing is not what we’d expect.

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