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1. Two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef is now bleached; recovery is possible but very unlikely

2. Inventor of the internet gets the Nobel prize of computing decades later as we are now using quantum computers in search algorithms for the first time

3. Graphene-oxide sieve filters sea water and can hopefully be scale-able

4. NASA’s new plan for getting humans to Mars: Phase 1 (a lunar space station) will resupply and refuel Phase 2 (a deep space transport)

5. Crowd-sourcing helped narrow down the search for Planet 9

6. Here’s a nice video showing how Cassini will crash in to Saturn this year

7. 23andMe, gene testing company, wins back the right to tell you your risk factors for certain diseases rather than just your heritage (likely leading to wild misinterpretation by most consumers)

8. More evidence supporting how early exposure to antibiotics affects gut microbiota and behavior

9. Low-Calorie sweeteners possibly promote fat accumulation by up-regulating receptors in fat tissue (caution: very small study)

10. Scientists drive sperm to deliver cancer-fighting drugs

11. New supercomputer model of the TRAPPIST-1 system estimate that only one of the planets is likely habitable

12. Alan Alda hopes to make jargon-spewing scientists better communicators

13. Look at this crazy photo of Blue Jet Lightning

14. Republicans continue to ignore basic science in favor or re-election and risk causing measles outbreaks

15. The Kingfisher is so fucking cool, here it is in slow-mo breaching the waters with a live fish in it’s throat

16. Octopus and squid evolve differently than most organisms

“Unlike most animal species, whose genomes are riddled with millions of years of mutations that have helped them adapt to a volatile world, cephalopod adaption appears to have been more a result of RNA editing. Heavy reliance on RNA editing, however it first evolved, practically would have guaranteed the need for cephalopod DNA to remain fairly stable over millennia.”