At the start of every work day, I browse a short list of online resources to get a fresh sample of the happenings and themes of my universe (a teeny-tiny subset of the Universe) to get a new "gist" of everything, from my perspective.

Just for fun, I have posted a short list of web favorites for checking the state of
everything, with an apology to anyone who finds my collection old news. My suggestions appear under this web-like "visualization of the Universe as it condenses around fluctuations in the density of dark and ordinary matter," by Argonne National Laboratory.

Visualization of the Universe as it condenses around fluctuations in the density of dark and ordinary matter, by Argonne National Laboratory, via Flickr.com
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory, via Flickr.com

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