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Mon. 08/15 - Exy McExoplanet Aug 15, 2022

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This one weird baking trick could make your cookies healthier and decrease waste in your home. Plus, the not-quite-net-positive potential in Greenland’s melting Arctic ice cover. Your chance to officially name an exoplanet. And a new law requiring New York museums to disclose if artworks on display were stolen by Nazis.

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Banana peels make sugar cookies better for you (ScienceDaily)
Something Awesome Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient (Science Alert)
Banana Peel Cuisine Is The Latest Plant Based Trend (Forbes)
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other billionaires are backing an exploration for rare minerals buried beneath Greenland's ice (Business Insider)
Billionaires are funding a massive treasure hunt in Greenland as ice vanishes (CNN)
Did You Know You Could Name a Planet? (LifeHacker)
NameExoWorlds (IAU)
A New Law Requires New York Museums to Indicate If Artworks on View Passed Through Nazi Hands (Artnet News)
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Fri. 08/12 - Micro-Robots Brushing Your Teeth? Aug 12, 2022

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Could chewing gum and micro-robots replace your toothbrush? Plus, a Lord Byron-themed RPG. And get paid to indulge in every pumpkin-spiced item at Trader Joe’s.

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Will Micro-Robots Brush Your Teeth? (Neo.Life)
No weekend plans? Gather your party and play this literary RPG about Lord Byron. (Literary Hub)
Trapped in a Cabin with Lord Byron PDF (Google Drive)
Astronomers have determined the exact hour that Mary Shelley thought of Frankenstein. (Literary Hub)
Pumpkin spice season starting earlier than ever (Axios)
Reddit Just Spotted The Starbucks Fall Flavor Everyone's Waiting For (Mashed)
This Company Will Pay a 'Pumpkin Spice Pundit' $1000 to Sample Trader Joe's Fall Items (Mental Floss)
Pumpkin Palooza: Get Paid $1000 to Taste and Rate Trader Joe's Fall Foods (Finance Buzz)
Thu. 08/27 - Why Pumpkin Spice Will Never Die (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
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Thu. 08/11 - Bog Butter Blogs & Predator's Food Vlog Aug 11, 2022

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The science and history of bog butter–––still edible butter buried in Irish bogs thousands of years ago. Plus, the first-ever feature film dubbed entirely in the Comanche language, and more cool takeaways from the latest Predator installment. A Lyme disease vaccine has just entered its final stage of clinical trials. And a new weird Coke flavor just dropped.

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I Can't Believe It's Butter That Was Buried in a Bog! (Atlas Obscura)
How do bogs keep things fresh? (Slate, 2006)
Tollund Man (Wikipedia)
Underwater storage techniques used by early North American hunters preserve meat for at least six months (University of Michigan, 1995)
Mon. 08/01 - Early Europeans Drank Milk Despite Lactose Intolerance; Ancient Humans, They're Just Like Us! (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
Prey Is Officially the Predator Franchise's Most Critically Acclaimed Film (CBR)
Prey Star Amber Midthunder on Indigenous Representation in the Predator Movie (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Historic Power of Prey Is in Your Ears (Vulture)
Does an animal die in Prey? (DoesTheDogDie.com)
Prey's Predator used to be an Anthony Bourdain-inspired food vlogger (Gizmodo)
Former Basketball Player Finds His Niche in Hollywood (NY Times)
A Lyme disease vaccine is in its final clinical trial (NPR)
Coke's latest bizarre flavor is here (CNN)
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Wed. 08/10 - Mary Shelley & the Cryogenic Tabloid Star Aug 10, 2022

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The story of the 197-year-old frozen gentleman–––a tale that will take us from unprecedented weather events and the 19th century version of misinformation to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, a 1980s medical miracle, and brief shout-out to the OG velocipede. Plus, Austrian Burger King say you’re abnormal if you like meat. And the upcoming live-action Pac-Man movie.

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The Hoax That Inspired Mary Shelley (JSTOR Daily)
Mary Shelley and the Roger Dodsworth Hoax (Keats-Shelley Journal, JSTOR)
Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman. (University of Pennsylvania)
Decades Ago, A Woman Survived Being 'Frozen Solid'. Here's The Science (ScienceAlert)
Mon. 07/27 - The Year Without a Summer (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
Burger King Austria now Asks Customers, 'Regular or With Meat?' (Ad Week)
"Normal or With Meat?": All Burger King Items Are Plant-Based in Austrian Experiment, Meat Must be Requested (Vegconomist)
Cracker Barrel faces blowback after adding Impossible sausage to menu (Washington Post)
The Italians Finally Chased Domino's Out of Italy (Gizmodo)
Live-Action Pac-Man Movie in the Works from Wayfarer, Bandai Namco (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter)
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Tue. 08/09 - Excel eSports Championships Aug 09, 2022

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The exciting world of Excel eSports. Plus, a Native American tribe who has had their land returned to them after 350 years. The top scientist who caused a big stir with a tiny bit of sausage. And a group of spiders that have been named after David Bowie.

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ESPN8 The Ocho is back: How to watch the 2022 schedule of weird sports, from death diving to OmegaBall (Sporting News)
There's a World Excel Championships packed with commentators and analysis, people are loving it online (Sport Bible)
Episode 606: Spreadsheets! (NPR)
Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago (CNN)
Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land 350 years later (Washington Post)
Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo (CNN)
A prominent scientist posted an image of a distant star he said was taken by the Webb telescope. It was actually a slice of chorizo. (CBS News)
New group of spiders named after David Bowie and his back catalogue (Natural History Museum)
General Mills Is Bringing Back 4 Classic '80s Cereals (The Street)
Share your 'moon snaps' to celebrate NASA's Artemis 1 mission (Space.com)
Tue. 04/27 - This Famous Actor's Mom Helped Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
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Mon. 08/08 - Do We REALLY Need Mosquitoes? Aug 08, 2022

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What would happen if we just Thanos-snapped all the mosquitoes out of existence? Would there be significantly adverse effects? Plus, from heat indexes to physiology, why the same temperature can feel so different in two different places, or even at different times of the year.

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Ecology: A world without mosquitoes (Nature, 2010)
The 24 deadliest animals on Earth, ranked (CNET, 2019)
Mosquitoes might be humanity’s greatest foe. Should we get rid of them? (Vox, 2019)
Q&A: What Would Happen If Mosquitoes Disappeared? (NY Times, 2015)
Should we kill every mosquito on Earth? (Live Science)
Kill All the Mosquitoes?! (Smithsonian Mag, 2016)
State of Florida Approves Oxitec Mosquito Technology for Continuation of Pilot Project in the Keys (Keys Mosquito Project)
Why The Same Temperature Can Feel Different Somewhere Else (FiveThirtyEight)
Episode about the "dog days of summer" (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
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Fri. 08/05 - Your Brain On Horror Aug 05, 2022

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Let’s talk about your brain on horror movies. Plus, Mark Cuban wants to turn a Texas town into Jurassic Park. And a virtual map that lets you see what your town looked like millions of years ago.

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This Is Your Brain On Horror (Crime Reads)
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth
Mark Cuban wants to turn a Texas small town he bought into Jurassic Park (My San Antonio)
This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It's Changed Over the Past 750 Million Years (Smithsonian Mag)
Ancient Earth globe
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Thu. 08/04 - The Hazy History of the IPA Aug 04, 2022

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A deep dive into the history of the IPA. What exactly is an IPA anyways? How did it get its name? And why did it become so ubiquitous over the last decade? Plus a very brief look at South Korea’s first-ever moon mission, launching this evening.

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Who Invented the IPA? It’s Complicated. (Wine Enthusiast)
The Truth About the Origins of IPA (The Beer Connoisseur)
What Is an IPA Beer? A Complete Guide to the India Pale Ale (Bon Appétit)
A Brief History of the IPA (PUNCH)
If You Don’t Like IPAs, There’s a Reason Why. Here’s 10. (Beer and Brewing)
The IPA is dead, long live the IPA: Why the love-it-or-hate-it beer is here to stay (Salon)
What is a Hazy IPA & Why is it so popular? (Sierra Nevada)
The IPA Boom Rolls On (MarketWatch)
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) (NASA)
SpaceX will launch South Korea's 1st moon mission today: Watch live (Space.com)
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Wed. 08/03 - Cheese Baths Aug 03, 2022

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Cheese baths––a nineteenth century fad coming back in style. Plus, Shaun the Sheep is officially going to the moon later this month, alongside 10,000 other trinkets. And a volcano has erupted near the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, but all seems to be under control.

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Bathtub Full Of Cheese Is Meant To Soften Skin (Insider, YouTube)
The Return of Swiss Cheese Baths (Atlas Obscura)
European Space Agency recruits Shaun (the sheep) for Artemis 1 moon mission (Space.com)
Apollo 11 relics among 10,000 mementos flying on Artemis I to the moon (collectSPACE)
NASA's 'Moonikin' mannequin boards Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1 moon mission (Space.com)
Snoopy to Fly on NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission (NASA)
Webcam from the eruption (RÚV)
Huge demand for helicopter volcano tours (RÚV)
Deja vu as volcano erupts again near Iceland capital (Phys.org)
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Tue. 08/02 - Smell-O-Vision Meets VR Aug 02, 2022

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Virtual Reality doesn’t stink. And that’s kind of a problem. Why virtual smell could take the VR experience to the next level. Plus, a paper battery that’s activated by adding water. And you could get paid $100K a year to sit on your couch and eat candy.

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