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Brandon A. Weber
Contributing Writer
Brandon Weber has been writing and creating viral joy on the Innerwebz for over 7 years at Upworthy, The Progressive, Big Think, and more. His book on forgotten histories of unions, working people, veterans, and other marginalized people is available on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Powell's.
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Hubble telescope celebrates 28 years of being a space sleuth with these dazzling images of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,000 light-years away.
For 55 hours, not a speck of coal was used to toast crumpets in England. How did the U.K. give up the dirtiest fossil fuel?
A little peek into our past reveals tantalizing details.
It's not a solution yet, but perhaps the start of one.
Space X successfully launches TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite a.k.a. "The Planet Hunter." NASA will use it to search for planets that may support extraterrestrial life.
No, really. This stuff is getting pushed out as “fact.”
What seems like sorcery is actually smart science.
It's the most popular class of all time at the university—and it's now available free of charge.
“In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.” ― Rebecca MacKinnon
One of the latest things that has people all abuzz is the claim that Buzz Aldrin saw “an L-shaped object” when he went to the moon.rn
Those recent tax breaks for the extremely wealthy might just have a new place to be spent.
Because, you know ... humans are the polluting kind.
"People need to see something of a balance between effect and cause... that if something has a huge evil effect, it should be the result of a huge evil cause."
One possible solution to the opioid epidemic is already accessible in several states, with more to come.
“Earth orbits the Sun in a shooting gallery.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
File under: “What… you’re SURPRISED by these results?!”
“Blue Moon, I saw you standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own. ” — Rogers and Hart
It's been there the whole time, but researchers couldn't see it because they'd always cut through it.
“We are in the process of finding out what filling the sky with hundreds of thousands of satellites does to all life on Earth.” ― Steven Magee
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