congeries KON-juh-reez (noun) – A collection; an aggregation. “But if the congeries of past events, if congeries it was, could be separated from its usual partnership with sentiment, it cannot have been too much to cheer Lolita on in her wholehearted attempt.” — Gilbert Sorrentino, ‘Pack of Lies’ Congeries is from Latin congeries, meaning “a […]

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Craters come in all shapes and sizes, some more bizarre than others. Recent photos of Mercury have revealed two new categories of crater that scientists are puzzling over how to explain. When NASA‘s MESSENGER spacecraft flew by the planet Jan. 14 it snapped pictures of several craters with strange dark halos and one crater with […]

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