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The Quiet Assault on Vaccines
Nicholas Florko
There seems to be a limit to how anti-vax is too anti-vax in the Trump administration. Yesterday, hours before Dave Weldon was slated to begin his Senate confirmation hearing for CDC director, the Wh ...[Continue Reading]
The Atlantic
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I Wish This Retro Batman Anime Was Actually Real
James Whitbrook
The firstBatman Ninja was a wonderfully silly time, and the upcoming sequel,Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, looks to be much the same. But I think Warner Bros. Japan might have ruined it entirely f ...[Continue Reading]

Gizmodo.com
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'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life
Sharmila Kuthunur
An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left scientists puzzled. NASA announced in July of last year that the rock, fou ...[Continue Reading]

Space.com
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NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights
Olivia F. Littleton
NASAs Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wnaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agencys super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift ballo ...[Continue Reading]

NASA
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The Science of Team Synchrony
Michael Mannino Ph.D.
Xie, E., Yin, Q., Li, K., Nastase, S. A., Zhang, R., Wang, N., & Li, X. (2021). Sharing happy stories increases interpersonal closeness: interpersonal brain synchronization as a neural indicator. ...[Continue Reading]

Psychology Today
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13 faster-than-light travel methods from sci-fi that leave Einstein's theory of relativity in their space dust
Richard Edwards
When it comes to space travel, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is a major inconvenience. With the laws of physics (currently) prohibiting faster-than-light travel, velocities are limited to ...[Continue Reading]

Space.com
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