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Was Mars once hit with an asteroid on the scale of Earth’s own dino-killer? Plus, what if there was a device that listened to your farts and let you know when you should go see a doctor? And the USDA program that’s recognizing indigenous food ways.

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    Mars Had an Ancient Asteroid Impact Like the One That Killed the Dinosaurs, Scientists Discover (VICE)
  • Ancient megatsunami on Mars traced to the crater where it began (New Scientist)
  • Giant Asteroid Unleashed a Devastating Martian Megatsunami, Evidence Suggests (Science Alert)
  • Dino-Killer Scale Asteroid Impact Might Have Caused Martian Megatsunami (IFL Science)
  • Farts say more about your health than you think — now, scientists are listening (Inverse)
  • National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) – a new public health tool to understand COVID-19 spread in a community (CDC)
  • USDA Program Recognizes Indigenous Food Ways (The Daily Yonder)
  • Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative (USDA)
  • The Case of the Missing Scorsese Film (Kottke.org)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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