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Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time

That seems like a pretty cool technological milestone

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The Worlds of Joe Shannon By Frank M. Robinson - A brilliant inventor creates a machine that allows anyone to escape their unhappy life for a custom-built paradise, but he soon discovers that the promise of a perfect world might just empty the real one entirely.

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• Could Eye Color, Height, and More Be Chosen Before Birth? Scientists Achieve Major Human Embryo Gene-Editing Milestone - Are you ready to choose your child’s features from a menu? That’s not going to cause any controversy

• NASA Chief Defends Selection of All-Male Crew for Artemis III Mission - I’ll admit that my first reaction was that this seemed kind of overblown. It’s a test flight and all of the astronauts assigned to the flight come from a test pilot background, so the team that actually was picked is certainly solid. However, women actually make up about 40% of the current astronaut corps, so statistically it would have made sense to have a woman on the crew. There are also three current Astronaut Candidates from the last couple of classes who haven’t flown yet and actually come from a test pilot background (Rebecca Lawler, Erin Overcash, and Katherine Spies). So there were at least three very well-qualified women they could have picked… but did not. I guess the good news for those three women is that one of them is pretty much guaranteed to be on Artemis IV and walk on the Moon… right?

• ‘Crisis Averted’: Despite Recent Doubts, The Universe Is Still Expanding - Well that’s good to know. Of course, even if the universe did stop expanding, it would be several billion years before it would actually be much of a problem

• Periods in text messages? Don’t be ‘harsh,’ expert warns - I have never paid much attention to the punctuation people use in text message. I do however assume the person is mad at me if they don’t replay within 24 seconds

• Cave Provides Insight Into Prehistoric Life 300,000 Years Ago - They weren’t all that different from us today, except “Tablet” had a slightly different meaning for them

• Sasquatch ‘sightings’ reignite fervour and scepticism about ape-like beast - Listen, there are so many cameras and drones all over the place that if Bigfoot is real but we still can’t get any legit evidence, he clearly wants nothing to do with us. We should respect Bigfoot’s judgment

• Man, 25, Tragically Dies After Super-Gluing Genitals as a Form of Contraception - I’m going to go out on a limb here and say no medical professional told them that was a good idea

• Pasadena police officer accidentally shot by fellow cop in ‘horseplay’ incident - I’m not sure it’s really fair to call it “Horseplay” when there are literally guns involved

• Therapy Donkeys Prove Such a Balm of Calm to Psychiatric Hospital That Organizers Look to Expand - Looks like I might have to trade in my Emotional Support Mole-Rat

• Toddler dangles from ledge above busy Ilford high street as crowd watches below - Must be filming the sequel to that new Michael Jackson biopic