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politics Coronavirus whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright to testify before House health committee on May 14 Xeni Jardin

astronomy One year from today, our knowledge of the cosmos could dramatically change (if all goes according to plan) Gareth Branwyn

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NASA Quarantine survival advice from Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts Thom Dunn

coronavirus WHO on Coronavirus: 'Test, test, test. Test every suspected case' Xeni Jardin

coronavirus U.S. quarantines 195 Wuhan coronavirus evacuees at California military base Xeni Jardin

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guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

happy mutants San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy bookstore is saved! Cory Doctorow

photography Vintage UFO photos sold at auction, including the one from The X-Files "I Want To Believe" poster David Pescovitz

china A spent Chinese rocket booster destroyed part of a village near the launching site Thom Dunn

biology Check out this 480 million-year-old conga line of arthropods David Pescovitz

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow

security Ring: "We don't use facial recognition"; also Ring: "We have a head of facial recognition research" Cory Doctorow

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