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Archive: June 2013 (3 Posts)

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Exotic Earths: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Are we alone in the Universe? That’s what we often wonder as we look up at the stars of the night sky. We may become particularly fascinated with this question after reading a great science fiction novel or watching a film that centers on the exploration of other planetary systems (e.g. The Star Trek franchise). …

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Emily Dickinson and the Science of Poetry

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The following is a guest post written by Caitlin Rizzo, a staffer at the Poetry and Literature Center and a blogger for the Library’s From the Catbird Seat. Caitlin and I decided to swap blogs for the week. She wrote this piece for Inside Adams and I wrote a piece about the first, and only, poem …