Archive for January, 2007

Rocks From Space

Rocks From Space

Think you have a rock from space? Lately, a flurry of people have come to me with a rock or chunk of metal they hope is a meteorite. Whether by the circumstances of the finding or the appearance of the rock or its magnetic properties, the finders thought they might have something. A couple in [...]

 
Ben Burress

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Something Salty, Something Sweet

Four years ago, a recent transplant to the Bay Area, I am standing atop the Marin Headlands, gazing across the expanse of San Francisco Bay. By swiveling a little, I can see–right there–the vast Pacific. Bay and ocean. The two seem part and parcel. That’s how I grew up thinking of the Bay: as a [...]

 
Ann Dickinson

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