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Judy in the skies with diamonds

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By The Phytophactor on 8/25/2011 08:34:00 PM

A planet of diamond! What will those darned astronomers find next?

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"Scepticism is an essential part of scientific endeavour. It demands all claims are treated as unproven until evidence and experience either confirm or falsify them. Denialism, by contrast, is the stubborn and persistent refusal to acknowledge what the evidence shows beyond all reasonable doubt." Ophelia Benson

Magnolia macrophylla flower at the stage of seed dispersal (i.e., a fruit)

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