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Riled Up is a journal of science, the environment, exploration, new technology, and related commentary.  Contributors include scientists, explorers, engineers, and others who provide perspectives and context not typically offered in general news circulation.  For interested readers, additional resources are included.

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Fire & Ice

In 1920, Robert Frost wrote his classic poem, Fire & Ice: Some say the world will end in fire; Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great and would suffice. The astronomer Harlow Shapley wrote in a 1960 "Science and the Arts" presentation that he inspired the poem. According to a Wikipedia anecdote, Shapley describes an encounter ...
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