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A beautiful read about the death of a whale, by Rebecca Giggs.

Wonderful piece on the glory of “Bitten by orca“, “Rough housing and horseplay”, and other ICD codes. By Alastair Gee

Carl Zimmer profiles a Russian refugee who figured out how to find important new antibiotics by making bacteria happy

Who  makes the rules for outer space? Maggie Koerth-Baker on space law, space mining, and space pirates

Meet The Woman Who Made The Military Care About Climate. By Dan Vergano.

Language Log on Uhs, Ums, and other verbal quirks, featuring a table with a