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Do you love to be interrupted during a rare moment of respite? Can you plaster on a smile and generate impromptu dialogue? Do you enjoy small people yelling imperatives at you, such as: “Come!”; “Look!”; “Wipe!”; and “Mom! Mom! Mooommm!!!”?…

ift.tt/3iT1Emu About 25%, or 1 in 4 units of critical infrastructure, such as police stations, airports and hospitals, are at risk of being rendered inoperable due to flooding, a comprehensive new report finds. The report points to climate change for…

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ift.tt/3BBVq1L John MacGregor’s four “views” of Mont Blanc, printed in color by George Baxter, reveal a different side of the mountain when compared to well-known Romantic depictions. via ift.tt/3iGxCCp ift.tt/1m2aii5

ift.tt/3osLLH3 For much of the eighteenth century, Western intellectuals chased after tritons and mermaids. Vaughn Scribner follows the hunt, revealing how humanity’s supposed aquatic ancestors became wondrous screens on which to project theories of geographical, racial, and taxonomical difference. via…

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The mathematician Federico Ardila-Mantilla grew up in Colombia, an indifferent student but gifted in math. He was failing most of his classes at his high school in Bogotá when someone suggested he apply to MIT. He had not heard of…

ift.tt/3BP0YW7 European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet delivers a knockout image from the ISS cupola. via ift.tt/3tiK9Qs ift.tt/2dX8g0J

Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary. via ift.tt/3DxIgnu ift.tt/xgwZum

ift.tt/38hjB8t HiPOD 26 Aug 2021: Exposed on the Plains This observation overlaps an existing image, but there’s an opportunity to get unique color and some new coverage coordinated with the CRISM instrument. The bright material here in the plains to…

ift.tt/2WqyUJ7 HiPOD 25 Aug 2021: Residual Ice and Defrosting DunesIn this image, we see apparent mounds and/or… via ift.tt/3jffT5u ift.tt/2foLil9

ift.tt/3j89RDI Indian startup CODE Effort has developed a process for recycling cigarette butts, the world’s most littered objects. via ift.tt/3D3cyP3 ift.tt/3cIvqUZ

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ift.tt/378Vgkt HiPOD 26 Jul 2021: Light-Toned Layered Deposits The SHARAD instrument on MRO has identified a thick unit of material here most likely associated with the light toned layered deposits at the rim of Valles Marineris, especially near Ius Chasmata.…

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