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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