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One Small Step for a Man

During the development of the Apollo moon missions in the early 1960s, the newfangled government agency called “NASA”... • By Alan Bellows • 26 October 2020

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Why people with dementia go missing
uea.ac.uk
 The Decapitation Experiments of Jean César Legallois • (see also)
daily.jstor.org
 What 50 gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe
nature.com
 NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth
space.com
 Juno Data Indicates 'Sprites' or 'Elves' Frolic in Jupiter's Atmosphere
jpl.nasa.gov
 Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the '80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go
jezebel.com
 'Time Cells' Discovered In Human Brains
npr.org
 Wood that went to war
woodmagazine.com
 Homesick for planet Earth
wellcomecollection.org
 Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
phys.org
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Colonels of Truth

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The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.

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The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation

Written by Erika Nesvold • November 2015

On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification.

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