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...best places on earth to join the star-gazing fraternity is a glass-and-concrete aerie perched on the roof of the French Pyrenees: views from the Pic du Midi are so good that NASA used it to map the moon's surface for the Apollo landings. (See pictures of the Apollo astronauts then...
...facility boasts Europe's highest museum, with displays of astronomical data and images of the mind-bending dimensions and beauty of the universe. Closer to home, visitors can journey to the moon courtesy of a telescope that takes them to the crater of their choice...
...read embarrassing books (I've got Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she's got New Moon). One Vassar friend listens to music, another flips through Marie Claire. We learn that New York City ranks 16th out of 20 on the magazine's "Top Cities for Single Gals on the Prowl." Seattle's number one. Good to know...
...some people, simple navigation can feel like trying to exit a maze. University of Waterloo (Canada) psychology professor Colin Ellard compared the navigation habits of animals and humans in his July-released book, You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon but Get Lost in the Mall (Sold as Where Am I? in Canada.) He talked to TIME about how mental maps fail us, the importance of understanding physical space and why a bigger home won't necessarily make you happy...
Among the anachronistic books cited are volumes on Halley's Comet's 1986 return, America's crazy attempt at a moon landing (1969) and the grand strategy of the USSR (which dissolved in 1989). The pair's personal favorite, though, is Dee Snyder's Teenage Survival Guide, a book by the lead singer of the '80s metal band Twisted Sister - a man whose qualifications to guide teenagers through their formative years are dubious...