Curiosity Weekly

Slowly Aging Americans, The HAMMER Asteroid Spacecraft, and Elevator Mirrors


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Today on the Curiosity Digest, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you learn something new in just a few minutes:
Americans Are Aging More Slowly Than Ever
The HAMMER Spacecraft Could Save the World from Killer Asteroids
There Are Mirrors Next to Elevators for a Specific Reason
Additional resources discussed:
The "RealAge" Test has been taken by more than 45 million people. The scientifically-based assessment shows you the true age of the body you’re living in – the first step towards improving your well-being.
The JPL Small-Body Database Browser provides data for all known asteroids and many comets. Available data include: orbital elements, orbit diagrams, physical parameters, and discovery circumstances. Newly discovered objects and their orbits are added on a daily basis and discovery circumstances are updated on a roughly monthly interval. Physical parameters (other than magnitude parameters) are updated on a less frequent basis.
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