The stringy branches floated in a cool breeze, while the leaves, like a swarm of arrowheads, flickered in the soft rays cast by the street lights.

NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry

This is why X-rays can penetrate your skin and soft tissue -- though not bone -- while sunlight mostly reflects off your skin.

CNN: Why gamma-ray burst shocked scientists

If the equivalent of an earthquake were to occur on one (and they are known to occur on pulsars), it would be powerful enough to erupt with a blast of gamma rays thereby solving puzzle number three, the soft gamma-ray repeaters.

ECONOMIST: Pulsars

Much of the attention throughout the sports business during the past week has been paid to the attendance issues surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays and the commentary that reasons the Tampa Bay area is too soft a market for Major League Baseball.

FORBES: Bay Area Attendance Woes--Raiders, Not Rays