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I’m sure this tri-bun hairstyle has an official/formal name, but I intend to call it “space buns,” because there’s something undeniably Star Wars about it… If I were hurtling through space on a rocket bound for Mars, and I was required to wear my hair up (to protect the sensitive electronic equipment from static discharge, you see), you better believe I would NOT be rocking a basic low pony. SPACE BUNS ALL THE WAY, GIRLFRIEND. Side note: Connor calls this a “pony hairstyle” because she’s into horses at the moment. Maybe it’s the stars twinkling in the firmament…but sparkles and...

I splurged on a blowout. They aren’t something I do often, but when I do get one, I always feel like a million bucks, because when my hair looks good, I feel good! This one’s by Robyn, a hair stylist and colorist at Elise Armeen Salon, which is located here in Novato. If you’re local, go see her (check out her work on Instagram)! She’s super fast, really easy to talk to, and based on my hairdo, her blowouts are bomb. While I was there, we got to chatting about what you can do to keep your blowout fresh and...

Southern night sky over the Residencia “hotel” at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile The night sky without light pollution over Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert Constellation Orion rises above Bridge Mountain, Zion National Park Aurora appearing in the night sky at the Kjell Henriksen Observatory in Svalbard, Norway Comet streaks over a swamp in South Australia The sky from Earth.Caption&SourcesWikimedia Commons:1.- Southern night sky over the Residencia “hotel” at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO2.- The night sky without light pollution over Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO3.- Constellation Orion rises above Bridge Mountain, Zion National Park by Joe Parks.Phys.org:4.- Aurora...

Next week, I’ll officially be six months into “The Journey to Grow Out My Grays,” and let me tell you…it’s been hard! It’s been even tougher than growing out my brows, which is sort of counter-intuitive, right? Because I’m not actually doing anything… The hair is doing all the work. I’m just living my life, but dang if it hasn’t been a test of will and a test of my mental state. Ah, man! The Journey to Grow Out My Grays Growing Out My Grays: Chapter 1 Growing Out My Grays: Chapter 2 Frivolous Friday Chit Chat: Growing Out Gray...

Multi-purpose silicon chip created for quantum information processingThe Bristol team has been using silicon photonic chips as a way to try to build quantum computing components on a large scale and today’s result, published in the journal Nature Photonics, demonstrates it is possible to fully control two qubits of information within a single integrated chip. This means any task that can be achieved with two qubits, can be programmed and realised with the device.Via Phys.orgImage credit: Xiaogang Qiang/University of Bristol