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[BLOG] Some Sunday links
Nov. 4th, 2017 12:07 pm- Centauri Dreams notes the remarkably complex system of Proxima Centauri, with multiple belts and more possible planets, as does D-Brief.
- D-Brief notes the discovery of a new sort of fusion reactions, involving not atoms but quarks.
- Hornet Stories notes a new acoustic cover of the Kinky Boots song "Not My Father's Son."
- Language Hat takes a brief look at Cyrillic, since the Soviet era written in Cyrillic script.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how the Trump Administration is unconcerned by the latest report regarding catastrophic climate change.
- The LRB Blog notes how Armenia and Armenians remember past genocides and current refugee flows.
- The Planetary Society Blog notes the further extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres.
- Drew Rowsome shares some of Stephen King's tips for aspiring writers.
- Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes how some long-exposure Hubble photographs of galaxies picked up nearby asteroids.
- John Scalzi shares his cover of "Rocket Man".
- Window on Eurasia wonders if ISIS is spreading into Russia via migrant workers from Central Asia.
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