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America is finally taking extraterrestrials seriously TIME · Jeffrey Kluger After decades of secrecy, stigma, and sometimes silliness, the government is releasing reports and formulating policies. 

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Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general POLITICO · Riley Rogerson and Jordain Carney Trump’s former lawyer chipped away at Senate skeptics for weeks, finally winning over Sen. Bill Cassidy Friday. 

Wildfires in urban areas are more common NPR · Kirk Siegler That may have helped Spokane. 

Hillary Clinton warns a GOP attack on Democrats will be ‘very effective’ The Independent · Rachel Dobkin The prominent Democrat suggests Republicans will baselessly accuse members of her party of being communists, and it will work to dissuade voters. 

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Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles Associated Press · Ty O’Neil and Dorany Pineda The nation’s largest reservoir has plummeted to its lowest water level, another sign of the crisis plaguing the river’s ecosystem. 

‘There’s going to be a lot of unexpected babies’ sciencefocus.com · Hatty Willmoth The side effect of GLP-1s nobody is talking about, according to a Cambridge professor. 

The science behind why boredom feels unbearable and how to create meaning bigthink.com · Arthur Brooks A happiness researcher says the epidemic of depression and anxiety among young adults comes down to one culprit: a meaning crisis. 

Cooper Hoffman on his very kinky new role hollywoodreporter.com · Seija Rankin “I can’t believe people are going to watch this.” 

The guy who built a chatbot that’s just him responding to people one-by-one futurism.com · Maggie Harrison Dupré “I tend to overcommit to bits.” 

A physicist rigged his pet hamster’s wheel to upload to Strava RunnersWorld · Sean Abrams Meet Mollie, the 10-month-old critter who’s been logging serious mileage. 

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