Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth in Sahara Desert - Vice

The early solar system was wild and woolly, full of nascent planets of varying differentiation buzzing around the sun like so many billiards after the break. Some of our planets cannibalized them, but remnants did survive and crashed to Earth like so many crumbs in one's beard. Vice's Becky Ferreira breaks the news of this ancient artifact and why it's so gosh darned important regardless of its age and provenance. In other space news, the venerable Reuters notes NASA Did Not Discover Marijuana on A Meteorite Fragment. We've heard of moon rocks but this is ridiculous, moreso after the fact check demonstrating the tale is all smoke and no fire. And who doesn't love the smell of platinum diesel, blue dream, or purple dragon anyway? It's a bit like Marcel Proust, but for stoners, which is a marvelous segue to Christopher Bergland answering the question, "Why Smells And Memories Are So Strongly Linked In Our Brains" Just like real estate, it's all about location, location, location. (CS)

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