Dropping Science Like Galileo Dropped the Orange

I was surprised this morning to read about the death of Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys*. I knew that he had been fighting cancer but was under the mistaken impression that he was recovering from the disease and likely to survive. What surprised me most about this news, however, was how upset it made me. I haven't really listened to the Beastie Boys much in the last ten years or so, but from the age of 11 or 12 through most of my teenage years, they were one of my favorite bands. And, for whatever reason, MCA had always been my favorite Beastie Boy.
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