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03/29/2025    Alkanes on Mars:

              https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/alkanes-mars

              @13:20

03/24/2025    Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus:

              https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/03/scientists-just-found-a-fossil-that-doesnt-belong-to-any-known-life-form-what-is-it/

              "Between 420 and 375 million years ago, during the Silurian and
              Devonian periods, Prototaxites dominated prehistoric landscapes.
              ... [They were] large, multicellular structures composed of
              various types of tubes, [that] contain[ed] complex biopolymers
              resembling lignin, and fe[d] on decaying organic matter. These
              three characteristics are not known to occur together in any
              modern life form."

              @00:01

03/23/2025    Towards a thorium nuclear clock:

              https://phys.org/news/2025-03-dialing-temperature-precise-nuclear-timekeeping.html

              @13:22

03/03/2025    Artificial lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond):

              https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-create-lab-grown-diamond-even-harder-than-natural

              @23:57

03/03/2025    New desktop pictures from Basic Apple Guy:

              Mountains beyond Mountains:

              https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/mountains-beyond-mountains

              Ultramarine Haze / Violet Flare:

              https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/ultramarine-haze

              @23:53

03/02/2025    Kadomaru desktop pictures:

              https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/kadomaru.html

              Kagome, in particular, looks quite nice.

              @23:07

03/02/2025    Testing the longevity of vinyl records:

              https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/02/many-plays-take-destroy-vinyl-record/

              @01:44

03/02/2025    Leap years for Mars:

              https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/02/28/martian-leap-years/

              @01:33

03/01/2025    The orbits of Earth and Mars compared:

              https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/02/28/a-calendar-for-mars/

              @23:42

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