Business Insider These rare, archaic crystals sell for millions of dollars at Astro West.

Techmeme Astro, an app that uses a chatbot to help manage your email, raises $8.3M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures (Khari Johnson / VentureBeat) http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/09/astro-raises-8-3-million-for-its-email-app-with-ai-assistant/

Mother Nature Network A camera, a microscope and a lot of patience results in these surprisingly beautiful images.

Mashable - Tech These photos are incredible.

TechCrunch This wirelessly-controlled LED light bulb has a built-in speaker

Techmeme Google X head Astro Teller on origin of Google X, Project Loon, Glass, self-driving cars, Project Wing, and failure (Astro Teller / Backchannel) http://bit.ly/1MN8QGU http://techme.me/JJF8

Washington Post Style Astro's new location will serve more sides and sandwiches.

Graywolf Press “'Our fears are dear to us,' writes Eula Biss in her powerful and important book, ON IMMUNITY. Biss notes that a lot of the parents who are skeptical of vaccinations, like we were, are the same people who worry about hormones in meat and pesticides Read more ... on vegetables. We’ve been told by our industry-cozy government that these things aren’t toxic, but we suspect that’s not right. We seek out farm-to-table food and even organic baby wipes as a prudent expression of that caution and care." The Daily Beast explores vaccinations below!

Nancy Kakkar https://www.facebook.com/astrokennel

Salon "Fear is celebrated and used as a justification for all types of violent actions..."