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Blending smartphones for science, understanding the environmental hazards of 3D printing, flooding the midwest, and ocean news, too! Monday Morning Salvage: March 25, 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • Your regular reminder that the currently proposed 2020 US budget is a crime against the American People. Call your representatives, especially if you live in MD, LA, or NC.
    • U.S. Interior Official Suggests Trump’s Drilling Proposal Will Include Parts of Atlantic.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • The destruction of Beira is a catastrophe on a nearly unimaginable scale. ‘Almost Everything Is Destroyed’: Cyclone Idai Leaves Mozambique’s Fourth-Largest City in Ruins.
  • It’s Official, This Is the Oldest Known Mariner’s Astrolabe in the World.
The oldest mariner’s astrolabe ever found, decorated with the Portuguese coat of arms. COURTESY DAVID MEARNS
  • After Two Decades, a Fishy Genetic Mystery Has Been Solved.
  • A scientist faced down the ultimate cold case: How did two groups of fish separately evolve genes for making antifreeze?

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