You got me, I was just paraphrasing the linked article.

Johnny Cat, considering the telescopes involved, I would guess NASA released it, and was in their labs before. But I agree that the passive voice used in journalism can drive one nuts.

That's why I said "most". There have been bigger extinctions, but on a timeline of the earth's history they take up a small space.

Here's an alternate link if the original is blocked where you are.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1167102/Cartwheel-sky-The-kaleidoscopic-galaxy-500million-light-years-Earth.html

I finally found who did the music. The Kuricorder Quartet! Hear the entire song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jq617ENMd0

It's working for me -they are in Spain now. Maybe it's your work filter?

Glasses, those exact facts are mentioned in the quoted excerpt.

I still use my 1972 Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I don't want to replace it because all the GOOD recipes just fall open since those pages have been wet so many times. The only problem is that it measures food in 16 oz cans and 12 oz boxes, which have succumbed to the grocery store shrink ray since then.

Just look at it! That's an instrument of torture!

Oh yeah, if you go to the link, you'll see that I ended the quote excerpt at just the right place.

That cake was made in honor of the wreck that UK made of this year's basketball season.

Funny that the only one that sounded good to me is the one closest to my area!

I'm just a little bit proud of that headline.

The title for this post came from a comment at reddit. I couldn't resist!

Hermit crabs are inedible? You learn something new every day! Now if I can just convince the cats of that...