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May skygazing: Meteors, a floral moon, and cosmic beehive
This month brings the arrival of the Flower Moon, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, and more.
Rachel Feltman
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
Rescuers borrow canoe to save baby bald eagles in river
Wind blew a pair of eaglets and their nest into a Missouri river.
Geologists accidentally found a monstrous mosasaur fossil in Mississippi mud
‘This is a true, true sea monster.’
US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it falls into Red Sea
An F/A-18E Super Hornet took a tumble after its aircraft carrier made an unexpectedly hard turn.
Oldest known English book on cheese advises against drinking dog milk
The pamphlet dating back to the 1580s may have been read by Elizabeth I’s physician.
7 helpful Google Messages tips you need to know
How to make the most of the default texting app on Android.
Interview: Why Autistic women have been overlooked for decades
Long undiagnosed, autistic women and girls who cope by putting on their “best normal” are finally being recognized.
A dead Soviet space probe from 1972 is falling back to Earth
Kosmos 482 poses small risks ‘similar to that of a meteorite impact.’
NASA satellite spies Curiosity chugging along on Mars
The car-sized rover averages about 98 feet per hour.
Lavish gravesite confirms women’s power in ancient South America
The Caral civilization flourished from 3000–1800 BCE.
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