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“If I Was God” | The Screening Room | The New Yorker

A comedic stop motion animation from Oscar-nominated Cordell Barker in which a boy fantasizes about possessing godlike powers he’d use to impress his crush and undermine his bullies.

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The Emergence of a New Queen Bee | Medium

Science Uncovered Articles and excerpts from Oxford University Press that…   Did you know that the daughters of a queen bee engage in a deadly fight for succession? To celebrate World Bee Day on May 20th this year, read an … Continue reading →

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We’re Giving Nature a Vitamin Deficiency

Scientists are beginning to notice that more and more species are missing an essential vitamin, one that is crucial for their survival. Hosted by: Stefan Chin

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Dinosaurs Lived on the Other Side of the Milky Way, NASA Scientist Shows

NASA scientist Jessie Christiansen mapped out dinosaur evolution through the Milky Way’s rotation, showing that dinosaurs roamed Earth when it was in different parts of our galaxy.

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Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars, says state media

China’s “Zhurong” rover successfully landed on Mars Saturday, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing’s increasingly bold space ambitions.[…]

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Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap | The New Yorker

By Bill McKibben April 28, 2021 Now the biggest barrier to change is the will of our politicians to take serious climate action. Earth Week has come and gone, leaving behind an ankle-deep and green-tinted drift of reports, press releases, … Continue reading →

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CrowdScience – Why does grief leave me feeling this way? – BBC Sounds

Grief can be crippling. Why have we evolved to be so affected by loss? Grief is universal. It is something almost all of us will go through at some point. And it is something that the people we love will … Continue reading →

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We May Have Found a New Organ, Thanks to Cancer Therapy

[…]We’ve been studying the body for most of human history, and yet we are still finding new organs (or parts of them – depending on your definition). Also, thanks to some marmosets, we know a little more about how anxiety … Continue reading →

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 Quantum music | Aeon

Katie McCormick is a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Physics at the University of Washington. Her science writing has appeared in Scientific American, The Conversation and Massive Science, among others. She lives in Seattle, WA.   Physics has long … Continue reading →

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NASA probe begins journey to earth after collecting asteroid samples | DW News

A NASA asteroid probe is due to begin its return to Earth today. The space agency says it will take around 2 and a half years for the OSIRIS-REX to make it back home. It’s carrying a precious 1 kilogram … Continue reading →

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