Looking Back on the Year 2012

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I'm still on the road,  so . . . Some eye candy and some mind candy today.

First, from Slate, a selection of the best astronomical photos of the year.   Click here.

And, from Smithsonian Magazine, a summary of the coolest dinosaur discoveries of the year.  Click here.

Finally, Myscienceacademy has a list of 27 science fictions that became science fact last year.  Not all are as significant as the list's compiler thinks they are.  But a couple are game-changers.  And the Slow Singularity continues to pick up speed.  The world is going to be a very different place in ten years.  To read, click here.