Monahans Meteorite Stay With Local Boys After City Vote
Monahans Texas nine boys claimed a meteorite that crashed in Alvaro Lyles front yard on March 22. City council voted unanimously to let the boys keep the rock after concerns about property rights and public relations. NASA will verify non radioactivity before final transfer.
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Sky Watch Stars and Draco Constellation Tale
Sky Watch explains why Draco the Dragon appears in a given constellation and its links to myth and history. It notes Thuban as the ancient North Star, precession shifting celestial poles, and Hercules myths tied to Draco. The map guidance covers orientation and timing accuracy for evening viewing.
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Shortcuts Create a Small World of Big Connections
A New York Times synthesis notes that six degrees link everyone, as Cornell professor Steven Strogatz and Columbia's Duncan Watts model how a few random shortcuts convert a regular network into a small world. They test power grids, nematode neurons, and film actors to show rapid info flow and both benefits and risks of tighter linkage.
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Six Degrees of Separation Concept Traced to Harvard Study
The idea that all people are connected through indirect networks originated with Harvard social psychologist Stanley Milgram. In 1967 he asked Nebraskan and Kansan participants to mail letters to two Boston residents via intermediaries. The average link was six, a notion later popularized by John Guare’s play and film. The chain extended to Kevin Bacon games and online Bacon scores.
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