Wed. 02/09 - 300 y/o Arctic Sponges Found Surviving on Fossilized Worms

The mysterious century-old sponges somehow surviving on a dead underwater mountain near the North Pole. Plus, doctors in Canada can now prescribe patients annual passes to National Parks. And SpaceX is set to lose 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched last week due to a geomagnetic storm.

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• Scientists Discover Centuries-Old Arctic Creatures Surviving on Fossils (Vice)
• These Animals Are Feasting on the Ruins of an Extinct World (The Atlantic)
• Arctic Sponges Survive Dark, Hostile Conditions by Feasting on The Extinct (ScienceAlert)
• Doctors Can Prescribe Year-Long Pass To Canada's National Parks (National Parks Traveler)
• Doctors in Canada Can Prescribe Annual National Park Passes to Patients (Mental Floss)
• Doctor's orders: 'Nature prescriptions' see rise amid pandemic (Thomas Reuters Foundation News)
• SpaceX loses up to 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm after Starlink launch (Ars Technica)
• SpaceX to lose up to 40 Starlink satellites after geomagnetic storm (The Guardian)
• SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm (Engadget)
• Gumby Characters Acquired by FOX for Live-Action, Animation Projects (Collider)
• Gumby The Movie (1995) Explained by RiffTrax (RiffTrax, YouTube)
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