A 50 year old scientific message was found stuffed in a bottle  
City breakups, places with faces, and the garden of dreams.  
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February 19, 2019  
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Science in a Bottle  
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In the 1960s, the U dot S.  
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries cast more than 7,000 bottles in the ocean as  
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part of a  cutting edge  citizen project to track the effect of ocean currents on shrimp.  
A Texas  
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couple discovered one of the remaining bottles decades later.  
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Ghosted  
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On October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy left his wife and estate without warning, looking to escape his  
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responsibilities as a patriarch and public figure.  
He fell ill scarcely two weeks after leaving  
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home, and died five days later, surrounded by press.  
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ATLAS OBSCURA TRIPS  
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Tracking Wild Bees  
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Join us this June as we venture into the open meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada, gaining  
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insight into the plight of the bumblebee.  
Led by expert biologists, we’ll experience nature up  
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close while conducting research on wild bumblebees and learning about efforts to save them.  
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City Breakups  
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In October 2018, the Japanese city of Osaka broke off its 60 year relationship with San Francisco,  
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California. What happens when  sister cities  call it quits?  
Turns out it’s extremely difficult to  
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end a decades long bond with the swoop of a pen.  
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COMMUNITY  
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Places with Faces  
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Some buildings seem to smile, others seem to frown, but either way it's a delight.  
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the best  places with faces  that you’ve ever encountered.  
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL  
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Garden of Dreams  
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Characterized by six pavilions representing the  six seasons  of Nepal, this garden was considered  
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one of the most remarkable feats of landscape design in its heyday.  
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND  
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Papermoon Diner  
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This beloved Baltimore diner features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many  
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mannequins.  
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FOOD  and  DRINK  
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Hot Springs Beer  
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After lying vacant for decades, the Superior Bathhouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas, has been given a  
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new purpose: brewing craft beer specially made from the thermal spring water.  
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