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Tuesday, Apr 22
Pope Francis Dies, Student Loans, and the Pork Taboo
Pope Francis dies at the age of 88 of a stroke and irreversible heart failure. Find this story and more in today's digest.
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Monday, Apr 21
Deportation Order, NBA Playoffs, and Invasive Fish
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Saturday, Apr 19
Capital One, Yemen Strike, and an Underwater Wedding
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Friday, Apr 18
FSU Shooting, Google Ruling, and America's Religious Views
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Thursday, Apr 17
Lab-Grown Nuggets, OpenAI, and Time's Most Influential People
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Business & Finance
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The economics of horse racing
Fox Business via foxbusiness.com
What your credit score actually means
Vox via youtu.be
America's oldest companies still operating today
Visual Capitalist via voronoiapp.com
Should you get earthquake insurance?
Kiplinger via kiplinger.com
How to invest in silver
Money via money.com
What is the bond market?
NerdWallet via nerdwallet.com
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Science & Technology
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Building a ruler for the universe
BBC Sky at Night Magazine via skyatnightmagazine.com
Dark matter interactive
Foothill College via foothillastrosims.github.io
Particle candidates for dark matter
PBS Space Time via youtube.com
Einstein's cosmological constant may not be constant
NPR via npr.org
Dark matter detected in the cosmic web
Space.com via space.com
Using type Ia supernovae to measure distance
NASA via science.nasa.gov
Health & Medicine
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The overlooked physical causes of insomnia
The Guardian via theguardian.com
The resurgence of Black lung disease in coal miners
In These Times via inthesetimes.com
Why we don't have an answer for the common cold
Popular Science via popsci.com
What is bipolar disorder?
Listen Notes via listennotes.com
Investigating claims of a sperm count and fertility crisis
GQ via gq.com
How measles triggers 'immune amnesia'
Harvard Magazine via harvardmagazine.com
World History
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Counting the number of species on Earth
Our World in Data via ourworldindata.org
Yes, there were hospitals in medieval times
Medievalists.net via medievalists.net
The high-tech mechanisms of the Roman Colosseum
Deconstructed via youtube.com
The 18th century Italian woman who broke boundaries in science
Smithsonian Magazine via smithsonianmag.com
An overview of the Indus Valley Civilization
CrashCourse via youtube.com
The ancient history of cancer
BBC News via bbc.com
Society & Culture
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How Blink-182's Mark Hoppus might've aided Sadam Hussein
NME via nme.com
What Costco does with its unsold baked items
Reader's Digest via rd.com
The art of race strategy from a jockey’s perspective
Kentucky Derby Winners via kentuckyderbywinners.com
The artist who paints Preakness winners in silk
America's Best Racing via americasbestracing.net
The long shot victory of Rich Strike at the Derby
USA TODAY via usatoday.com
The economics of horse racing
Fox Business via foxbusiness.com
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