ススキ (Chinese Silver Grass)

　ススキ（芒、薄、イネ科）。2010年12月1日、ウォーキング途中で撮影。

Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Maiden grass, Zebra grass, Susuki grass, or Porcupine Grass; botanical name, Miscanthus sinensis; family, Poaceae. The photo was taken on December 1, 2010, during walking exercise.

From tweets of yesterday (edited by rephrasing, adding words, etc.)

Physicists

'Somehow he has still managed to publish a scientific paper this year — a look at "a novel way of measuring the strength of the Higgs coupling to gluons".' [Retweet of Guardian Science's words] "Brian Cox: why he made headlines in 2010" The face of TV science reflects on his new fame. Gurdian (December 19, 2010).