The University of Cambridge did a study about robotic wellbeing coaches. And it turns out that if we want robots to help us help ourselves… they need to be cute. Plus: NASA has developed a “space cup” which will hold liquids on the International Space Station even without a lid!

Robots can help improve mental wellbeing at work – as long as they look right (University of Cambridge)

NASA's sci-fi space cup holds a drink without gravity (Mashable)

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Today in 1944, the U.S. Air Force carried out a bombing raid in Montana. Even stranger, they did so at the request of the governor. We'll explain. Plus: you’ve heard the saying everything that’s old is new again? That’s the idea behind the new image series ‘What is lost is (not) lost forever.’

Harmon’s Histories: Kaboom! Wartime explosions rock Miles City, Baker (Missoula Current)

midjourney envisions how centuries-long extinct creatures would look today (designboom)

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Today in 1873, the town of Ulysses, Kansas was first established - but not where you’ll find the modern day town of Ulysses, Kansas. We'll explain why they moved, just a few decades after putting themselves on the map. Plus: for the birthday of Mister Rogers, a look at a data visualization of all of his iconic cardigans. 

Old Ulysses, Kansas (Legends of Kansas)

A Chart Chronicles the Colors of Mister Rogers’ Cardigans from 1969 to 2001 (Colossal)

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Drones are becoming increasingly useful, but they can get damaged and grounded pretty quickly. A team at MIT has found bee-inspired workarounds that would keep impaired robotic crafts flying. Plus: today in 1958, the release of “Johnny’s Greatest Hits” by Johnny Mathis, considered the first ever greatest hits album. 

Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage (MIT)

First Ever Greatest Hits Album Released Courtesy of Johnny Mathis (Songfacts)

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Students at Northwestern University have developed SteadyScrib, a customized pen that’s designed to help people with Parkinson’s disease keep writing. Plus: if you prefer old-school typing, the “Shift Happens” simulator lets you type on a virtual typewriter. Don't forget those carriage returns!

A pen designed for Parkinson’s patients (Northwestern)

An Interactive Typewriter Simulator With a Realistic Feel (Laughing Squid)

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Can you build a wall out of eggshells? You can if you're the Mexican design studio MANUFACTURA, which developed a sustainable way to make bricks out of discarded shells and bio-binders. Plus: the nonprofit group in Oregon called Washed Ashore uses a different kind of waste to make art. 

3D-Printing Bricks From Discarded Eggshells (Cool Hunting)

Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea 

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Some chip brands hit it big on store shelves - but one brand that won legions of adoring fans in prisons. For National Potato Chip Day, the story of The Whole Shabang. Plus: March 14 is Pi Day, because the number Pi starts with 3.14. Supercomputers have helped find the next 62.8 trillion digits that follow. 

Chips So Good You'll Have to Go to Jail to Get Them (NBC News)

A Supercomputer Just Calculated Pi to a Record-Breaking 62.8 Trillion Digits. So What? (Popular Mechanics)

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Today in 1781 astronomer William Herschel pointed his telescope toward Uranus. But long before the internet’s favorite planet got its very pun-filled name, an astronomer wanted to give it a much more chill one. Plus: modern day scientists have plenty of theories on how Uranus ended up on its side. 

Uranus: the first planet discovered with a telescope (Science Museum London)

There's a New Hypothesis For How Uranus Ended Up Tipped on Its Side (Science Alert)

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Daylight Saving Time begins early this Sunday. People have been complaining about the time change, or the lack thereof, since it first came up. So how did it first come up? Plus: around this time in 1998, the UK’s House of Commons did away with a longstanding rule involving hats. 

How a New Zealand insect hunter created daylight saving time (The Week)

Commons toppers are old hat (The Independent) 

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Today in 1931, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that seems to say that a guy who stole an airplane was not guilty of breaking the law against stealing motor vehicles. Though it’s actually a little more complicated than that. We'll explain. Plus: a Lego fan has proposed the company produce a new set that looks like the famous Edvard Munch painting The Scream.

HOW TO SELL A STOLEN PLANE (Now I Know)

LEGO Ideas The Scream Achieves 10,000 Supporters (The Brick Fan)

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