studies You'll never guess who funded a study that says eating 2 cups of grapes a day can make you live longer Mark Frauenfelder
whales Watch breaching humpback whale land on tourist boat that was likely annoying it David Pescovitz
Japan Two people in Japan choked to death eating New Year's rice cakes, four others hospitalized Mark Frauenfelder
tabloids Clinton divorce drama and Hitler's kinky sex life in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Food Michelle Obama plays a supermarket owner in Netflix' new kids' show, Waffles + Mochi Mark Frauenfelder
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Science Santa Fe: Come see Neal Stephenson, NASA's Pete Worden, Los Alamos's Nina Lanza, JPL's Sasha Samochina (and me!) at the Interplanetary Festival! Cory Doctorow
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