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Typically, the unique exterior of a dragon fruit (also called pitaya or strawberry pears ... Purple dragon fruits also have plenty of cultivar nicknames, including Cosmic Charlie, Purple Haze, Voodoo ...

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Physicist Alan Guth, the father of cosmic inflation theory, describes emerging ideas about where our universe comes from, what else is out there, and what caused it to exist in the first place.

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This Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) is the conclusive evidence for the Big Bang theory. The 'temperature' of deep space has been measured as around 3K, not absolute zero, due to the ...

Impeccable. Equipment and preparation: You will need a 12-hole muffin tin or cupcake tin. Pitaya is widely grown in the tropics and, when eaten near to where it is harvested, is incredibly fragrant.