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Saturday, Jun 14
Iran Retaliates, Oxygen Mystery, and the Smell of Rain
Iran strikes back after Israel's preemptive airstrikes as the two countries engage in an escalating conflict. Find this story and more in today's digest.
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Friday, Jun 13
Iran Struck, California Guard, and Ancient Fast Food
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Thursday, Jun 12
Brian Wilson, Brain Implants, and a Beatles Letter
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Wednesday, Jun 11
Austrian Tragedy, Limb Regeneration, and the Richest Shipwreck
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Tuesday, Jun 10
Marines in LA, Warner Bros. Splits, and a Strawberry Moon
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'Deinfluencing' explained
After Midnight via youtu.be
How to check your credit score
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau via consumerfinance.gov
Consequences of a bad credit score
CNBC via cnbc.com
Five primary factors determine your credit score
SECU Credit Union via secumd.org
The startups testing for genetic superbabies
The San Francisco Standard via sfstandard.com
How energy drink company Red Bull makes money
Athletic Interest via youtube.com
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Science & Technology
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The life of Stephen Hawking
Cosmos via cosmosmagazine.com
The science behind noise-cancelling headphones
Insider Tech via youtube.com
Turning nuclear waste into cancer medications
Kyle Hill via youtube.com
Butterfly populations have declined by 22% in 20 years
CBS News via cbsnews.com
Scientists identify hundreds of genes responsible for OCD
The Conversation via theconversation.com
Watch the hypersonic flight of a reusable aircraft
Space.com via space.com
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Health & Medicine
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How to build curiosity
Big Think via bigthink.com
Someone suffers from a stroke every 40 seconds
1440 via youtube.com
Physician teaches course on being a cancer patient
Stanford Magazine via stanfordmag.org
A timeline of the science of taste discoveries
Nature via nature.com
When to see a doctor over memory lapses
SELF via self.com
Exploring 'inflammaging,' aging-induced inflammation
Good Housekeeping via goodhousekeeping.com
World History
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How the Kingdom of Italy was unified in the 1860s
HistoryExtra via historyextra.com
Why are ancient ruins underground?
Primal Space via youtube.com
How parking infrastructure reveals a region's values
Aeon via aeon.co
A history of Mother's Day in the US
Smithsonian via womenshistory.si.edu
A day in the life of a Roman soldier
TED-Ed via youtube.com
Why is there a taboo around eating pork?
Archaeology via archaeology.org
Society & Culture
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Spielberg wrote ‘Poltergeist,’ and some say he directed it, too
Collider via collider.com
John Williams has scored 29 of Spielberg’s films
ScreenRant via screenrant.com
Even at the height of his popularity, Spielberg felt like an outsider
Manufacturing Intellect via youtube.com
Spielberg improvised most of the iconic D-Day scene from 'Saving Private Ryan'
I Got Touched at the Cinema via youtube.com
Spielberg worked on ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ at the same time
The Independent via the-independent.com
What is “Spielberg Face”?
Vimeo via vimeo.com
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