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Why It’s Actually Good to Decorate ‘Early’ for Christmas, According to Science
I am wholly and unwaveringly a December Christmas decorator. (Before kids, sometimes it was mid-month before I decked any halls.) No ornament leaves its box, no sprig of holly tickles the mantel, no tree makes its way through the front door until Thanksgiving has passed. I’m generally not down with seasonal rushing; I am low-key…
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What Should You Do If Space Junk Lands in Your Yard?
Imagine you wake up to a smouldering piece of machinery in your yard, still smoking and sizzling after screaming towards Earth from space. This is an extremely unlikely scenario, but it remains true that space junk happens. Of all the scientific instruments we launch into the stratosphere, some of it, on occasion, comes plummeting back…
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Today I Discovered Transnistria, The Country That Doesn’t Exist
Sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine is the landlocked ‘nation’ of Transnistria. A nation that isn’t recognised as a nation at all. The United Nations identifies it as part of Moldova. Moldova identifies it as its own ‘autonomous territorial unit’. You won’t find its name printed on Google Maps. With no official title, Transnistria is a…
