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ift.tt/3nSGeZC In 1712 King Louis XIV of France signed the lettres patentes that formally established Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres, and Arts, a social club of intellectual inquiry and public edification. In contrast to the more conservative University…

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ift.tt/3cN91rS Compiled over the course of roughly six years, Granville’s medical text, features 12 coloured plates by Joseph Perry. via ift.tt/3nLtQdP ift.tt/1m2aii5

ift.tt/3EoLRnD HiPOD 21 Oct 2021: Rock Falls on Steep Slopes How can one mission help another? With HiRISE resolution, we can take “before” images in order to identify fresh rockfalls that might be able to be associated with seismic events…

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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…

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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…

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