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Scientists believe they'd identified the root cause of Lupus though questions remain, a Yellowstone eruption sends dozens of people running, sharks test positive for cocaine due to drug smuggler ocean dumps, and on This Day in History; the first permanent movie theater emerges in New Orleans.

Scientists say they have identified lupus' root cause — and it could pave the way for new treatment

Surprise eruption sends dozens running for safety in Yellowstone | AP News

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

TDIH: Vitascope Hall: America's first movie theater - New Orleans Entertainment Coalition

America's First Movie Theater / Vitascope Hall Historical Marker (hmdb.org)

History of the Movie House | (wordpress.com)

Shift to Projectors and the Vitoscope | History of Edison Motion Pictures | Articles and Essays | Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

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Alcohol’s impact on your biological age; scientists discover new indicators in your DNA, and on This Day in History, the Chappaquiddick incident leaves a promising young woman dead, and a famous senator’s career hanging in the balance.

Alcohol has a dramatic impact on your biological age. Here’s how (BBC Science Focus)

TDIH: Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick Incident: What Really Happened

On this day in history, former Kennedy aide killed in 'Chappaquiddick incident'

(Video) Chappaquiddick | Based on a True Story

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Scientists are left stunned by the contents of a rock on Mars, after being split open by the Curiosity rover. Weird Wednesday has a new royal goat, a special Denver lobster, a large hairball, and a depressed bear. Plus, on This Day in History, the window tax is repealed in the UK.

NASA Stunned by Discovery After Mars Rover Breaks Open a Rock (goodnewsnetwork.org)

NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars | CNN

No kidding! King Charles III bestows royal title on rare golden goat breed | AP News

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans | AP News

Doctors Pulled a 2-Pound Hairball From a Woman's Stomach (gizmodo.com)

Florida sheriff's office warns against taking selfies with 'depressed' bear - UPI.com

Window Tax - UK Parliament

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We may be closer than ever to discovering life outside of Earth, and there’s more promise in developing an affordable snake antivenom than ever, plus on This Day in History, the first American typewriter – err, typographer – is patented.

Signs of Life Could Be Found Close to the Surface of Two Nearby Moons (gizmodo.com)

Life signs could survive near the surfaces of Saturn and Jupiter's moons Encleadus and Europa | Space

CRISPR Identifies Commonly Available Drug That Works as Cobra Venom Antidote (goodnewsnetwork.org)

New antidote for cobra bites discovered - The University of Sydney

A Brief History of Typewriters (xavier.edu)

1829 Detail, William Austin Burt Invents the Typewriter - America's Best History, U.S. History Timeline: The 1820's (americasbesthistory.com)

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A new helium reservoir discovered in Minnesota could solve a major world problem and our concept of time may not be measured in the manner you think. Plus, on This Day in History, Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first European to cross North America north of Mexico.

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How feces could help detect autism, caves discovered on the moon. and on This Day in History, movies take to the skies as the first regularly scheduled films are shown on planes.

Autism could soon be detected in your poop. Here’s why | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Scientists confirm a cave on the moon that could one day shelter explorers | AP News

Radar evidence of an accessible cave conduit on the Moon below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit | Nature Astronomy

Scientists Find an Underground Cave on the Moon That Could Shelter Future Explorers (msn.com)

1961: The First Regularly Scheduled In-Flight Movie is Shown on Board a TWA Airliner – Transportation History

7/19/1961: TWA Introduced the World's First Inflight Movie (airwaysmag.com)

July 19, 1961: Fasten Your Seatbelts, By Love Possessed Will Begin Shortly | WIRED

By Love Possessed (1961) - IMDb

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A new drug that could potentially reverse the effects of diabetes, the world’s first commercial hydrogen-powered ferry is set to run in San Francisco, and on This Day in History, while heading to California, a pilot “accidentally” lands in Ireland 28 hours later.

Diabetes-reversing drug boosts insulin-producing cells by 700% (newatlas.com)

World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride | AP News

Wrong-Way Corrigan (nationalgeographic.org)

When Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan Accidentally Flew to Ireland Instead of California (mentalfloss.com)

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On today’s episode, behavior never-before-seen in Eagles is observed in the UK. Weird Wednesday has a unique find in a sewer, a trick to live longer, and birds attacking on the beach. And on This Day in History, a poor decision leads to devastating and deadly accident.

Eagle Parents Spend Year Nursing Chick Who Fell Out of a Tree, Forsaking the New Nesting Season

Archaeologists Find Remarkable Marble Statue of Greek God Hermes in Ancient Sewer

Watch: Alabama woman, 108, stays young by 'flirting with men with mustaches' - UPI.com

'Very Annoyed' Seagulls Are Waging War on NYC's Beach Drones (gizmodo.com)

Angry birds fight drones on patrol for sharks and swimmers on NYC beaches | AP News

TDIH: Whitemarsh Township’s 1856 ‘Camp Hill Disaster’ Was Once the Deadliest Train Accident in the World

(YouTube VIDEO RECAP) Camp Hill Disaster

Great Train Wreck of 1856

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Those beautiful auroras we love to observe in the sky COULD pose a serious threat to our electrical infrastructure, super moss capable of surviving on Mars, and on TDIH; a classic novel is released – we’ll tell you about that and the famous author who brought it to us.

Auroras could soon pose serious threat to our electrical infrastructure, study reveals | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Chinese scientists identify super moss able to 'survive' in Mars | Reuters

We could terraform Mars with desert moss — but does that mean we should? (msn.com)

The extremotolerant desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising pioneer plant for colonizing extraterrestrial environments: The Innovation (cell.com)

The Catcher in the Rye: J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye Background | SparkNotes

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A never-before-seen-alive whale has washed ashore in New Zealand, a British woman owes her life to baking soda, and on This Day in History, the Rosetta Stone is discovered by French forces.

World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species | AP News

'Flesh-eating bug ate away at my nose - baking soda saved my life' (yahoo.com)

The Rosetta Stone: Unlocking the Ancient Egyptian Language - ARCE

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Rosetta Stone | British Museum

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