Robert P. Baird
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And now we may need to lie down
"Mass extinction events seem to occur about once every 26 million years…. One theory is that this is the interval between instances of the solar system, rotating around the centre of our galaxy, passing through one of the galactic spiral arms…"
Nick Wray LRB Letters 11.20.25

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Intragalactic Traffic

And now we may need to lie down "Mass extinction events seem to occur about once every 26 million

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