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  • 4-8-18 - A Teaspoon of Tiangong 1
    Dan gives you a teaspoon of news regarding China's space station, and a cup or so of rambling about the Chinese space program.
    Sources:
    Daily Updates from CMS
    http://en.cmse.gov.cn/col/col1763/index.html
    Good Primer on the science
    http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2018/01/16/tiangong-1-frequently-asked-questions-2/
    Ars article
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/chinese-space-station-will-fall-to-earth-within-two-weeks/
    Brief history of the space program
    http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=cm
    China’s Space Activities (2016)
    http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/wz/Document/1537091/1537091.htm
    More Detailed Timeline of China’s Space Age
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120419165427/http://www.futron.com/upload/wysiwyg/Resources/Whitepapers/China_n_%20Second_Space_Age_1003.pdf
    All Re-entires, catalogued
    http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/upcoming-reentries-2-2/
    Communism’s Sino-Soviet Schism
    https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/1963-04-01/threat-and-opportunity-communist-schism
    Mao quote
    http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/114337
    11 min
  • 4-5-18 Follow the light!

    Meg explores why having enough light is important for any ol' hippocampus

    Michigan State University. "Does dim light make us dumber?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 February 2018. .

    6 min
  • 4-1-18 - In Defense of Processed Cheese
    Dan defends one of America's greatest treasures: American cheese.
    FDA Regulations of Processed Cheese
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=133.169
    Cheese In General
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=133
    How To Make It Yourself
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwLiGq-IshQ
    10 min

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