Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Astronomers have determined the disk of our galaxy is 200,000 light-years across — twice as large as was believed a decade ago. pst.cr/o3aZ

I didn't expect to receive the teaching commendations from my university #MiamiOHCommendations @MiamiCTE because I am not a native speaker with a strong accent. Really appreciate the students who wrote the comments which encourage me to be a good teacher and a research scholar.

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Wondering where I'm going to put an office worth of plants at home :P

🌷 Cool Zoom Alert: Today, September 29 at 5:30 pm EDT. Did Flowers Have a Renaissance? Ten Insights into Early Modern Botany and Gardening. bit.ly/3n5yYHs The Medici Archive Project #RenTwitter

President Trump to be discharged from Walter Reed hospital later today, he says x.com/i/events/13118…

#MAPMS is wishing you all a Happy #LakesAppreciationMonth! Share a photo or comment & let us know how you are celebrating! #NALMS #LakesAppreciation

By the time you turn 35, you're in a blood feud with either Lowes or Home Depot, and have sworn vengeance against a minimum of two major airlines.

A new Science study points to a way to breed maize—one of the most important staple crops in the world—so that it is resistant to the parasitic witchweed Striga. Learn more: scim.ag/18P