It's been cooling and shrinking over the last billion of years or so, says Associated Press (AP) science writer Randolph E Schmid. But we see no need to rewrite our favorite songs and expressions. Fly me to the shrinking moon? Shrinking Moon River? Yuck!
'Shrinking moon and empty arms' may now be correct for the heart-broken though. Likewise 'lunatic' may now be properly appreciated to describe those who have to go see a shrink when their psyches are wrecked by the changing face/phase of the moon.
The Schmid story is available at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100820/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_moon_4
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