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This week I learned that sighing helps keep you alive, and more

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UCLA and Stanford researchers pinpoint origin of sighing reflex in the brain (UCLA)

Beings not made for space (The New York Times)

Science students get better grades when they know Einstein and Marie Curie also struggled (ScienceAlert)

NYC's first subway was luxurious, pneumatic, and built illegally (New York Daily News)

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