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soul banquet
relishing the restorative display of nature
Sep 23 • Maura McHugh
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high energy
the solar winds are fast, two green comets are zipping through our solar system, and there's a solar eclipse happening on Sunday.
Sep 17 • Maura McHugh
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human firefly
we live in a moon blink
Sep 10 • Maura McHugh
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the paper route
how the invention of paper spearheaded a technological revolution
Sep 2 • Maura McHugh
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interstellar!
a high speed visitor to our solar system raises the temperatures of astrophysicists
Aug 26 • Maura McHugh
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flipping sun
it's hot, it's August, the sun's poles are flipping, and its magnetic fields are twice as strong as previously thought
Aug 19 • Maura McHugh
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Irish comics panic
how the 1950s comic book panic produced an Irish comic
Aug 13 • Maura McHugh
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Neither
in-between and betwixt, a crustacean and a goose
Aug 6 • Maura McHugh
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summer festivals
over a thousand years ago, Ireland was the home of the mega summer festival
Jul 29 • Maura McHugh
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fun tales
I'm talking early Irish comics at the national library of Ireland, and pieces of the Lighthouse of Pharos rise from the depths
Jul 22 • Maura McHugh
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Games & Stones
Two documentaries I enjoyed at the 2025 Galway Film Fleadh
Jul 15 • Maura McHugh
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honoured
on being placed on a short fiction award shortlist
Jul 8 • Maura McHugh
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