To answer the trivia question from “Skin in the Game”, the answer is that they all had green skin (an, in fact, two in particular were supposed to be “Orion” slaves).

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So, by now you’ve probably heard about the discovery of 7 new Earth-like planets around the star, TRAPPIST-1. First, what’s with the name? Usually stars either have a commonly known  Arabic name (such as Betelguese or Kochab) or Greek name that go back to at least medieval, if not ancient, times, or they have some […]

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