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Working hypothesis: From space deliveries to dirty money

8 May 2019

â–² Blue origin

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is expanding his delivery service with rocket firm Blue Origin. It launched a suborbital flight with 38 experiments, and gravity returned them to sender.

â–² Beach lovers

We now have an antidote to the Australian box jellyfish, the world’s most venomous animal. Luckily, it doesn’t involve urinating on yourself (no really, don’t do that).

â–¼ Honey

In a shocking discovery, campaign group Action on Sugar has revealed that honey contains sugar, and isn’t as healthy as the bee lobby has led us to think.

â–¼ Sausages

Food scientists searching for sustainable sources of protein have made sausages from fly larvae. Maybe just go vegan.

â–¼ Germaphobes

The UK has decided against ditching 1 and 2-pence copper coins, which have been found to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria. So no change there.

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