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Fifteen year old Gordy shows us what life is like aboard a luxury space craft named Tree House on a years-long interstellar voyage. No body aboard, nether his aunt, his uncle, nor his cousin seems overly concerned that the craft’s propulsion system is on the fritz. These first two chapters of Kalynn Bower’s novel are likely to captivate many listeners …

On May 23, Alec Hirschauer, a Ph.D candidate in Indiana University’s Astronomy program, met with the Science Cafe of Bloomington to talk about the ways that scientists can use diffracted light to learn about the cosmos. He discusses the way that astronomy has changed over the years, from Galileo to modern day science. Alec talks about the ways that diffracted …