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This Week in People’s History, Sept. 5 – 11

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A red Vice-President? in 1983. Prison farm deaths in 1913. West Bank atrocities film bombs in 1983. Who's not a percussionist? in 1953. Dixiecrats kneecap civil rights bill in 1957. Legal liability earthquake in 1973. Chile under the gun in 1973.

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting To Unravel

Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser The New York Times
The Webb telescope data reveal that some very large galaxies formed really fast. This is no minor discrepancy. The finding is akin to parents and their children appearing in a story when the grandparents are still children themselves.
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