[AnotherUnixGeek]

Andromeda was not kind to the onetime third-biggest member of this family, devouring it about 2 billion years ago, according to ithe new research.

Amazing how much silly, melodramatic phrasing has gone into a straightforward story about a billions-year old merger between two groups of stars. The actual facts are interesting enough without all of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"-style narration.

[LibWhacker]

I agree. I once posted a thread about some scientists who were planning to send a probe to study the dirty rings around Uranus, and you wouldn’t believe what that thread turned into!