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Feb. 1, 2021

Mon. 02/01 - February's Mars Invasion

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Sharing some thoughts from Langston Hughes on this first day of Black History Month, and questioning what makes someone a hero in our history books. Plus, the discovery of a new blue pigment. And all the Mars news for February.

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Links:

  • We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on Race in a Rare Recording (Brain Pickings) 
  • Langston Hughes Reads Langston Hughes (Open Culture)
  • How We Celebrate Black Heroes Can Obscure How Change Happens (NY Times) 
  • 13TH (Netflix)
  • For the First Time in 200 Years, a New Blue Pigment Is Up for Sale (Smithsonian)
  • Meet YInMn, the First New Blue Pigment in Two Centuries (Hyperallergic)
  • YInMn Blues: The Discovery that Startled the World! | Mas Subramanian | TEDxUNC (TEDx, YouTube)
  • NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover landing will be must-see TV (CNET)
  • NASA Mars Perseverance rover: What to expect on landing day (CNET)
  • February’s Gonna Be a Big Month for Mars (Wired)
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  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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