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Beto O’Rourke Proposes Drug War Reparations Funded By Marijuana Taxes

Marijuana would not only be legalized, but cannabis tax revenue would also be used to directly repay formerly incarcerated people through a new “Drug War Justice Grant” program.
When Did Humans Reach North America? The Question Keeps Growing More Complex

No tidy, new framework has arisen to take the place of older theories. Instead, new data, including genetic findings, continue to complicate the story of how these continents came to be peopled.
Scientists Use Fossilised Finger Bone DNA to Rebuild Ancient Human

Unprecedented feat reveals little-known Denisovans resembled Neanderthals but had ‘super-wide’ skulls.
The Quiet Disappearance of Birds in North America

Though the continent has 3 billion fewer birds than it did in 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hardest.
International Space Agencies Are Going to Smash a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid

The reason: to test whether a spacecraft impact can deflect an asteroid’s trajectory, as a means to protect Earth from rogue space rocks.