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The Galaxy In Your Toilet Bowl

NPR | By Adam Frank
Published February 25, 2014 at 4:00 PM EST

Our resident physicist, Adam Frank, likes to point out the great science happening around us all the time. Even there in your toilet bowl, that whirl of water is similar to a spiraling galaxy.

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Adam Frank is a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture.
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