This week I learned the moon is spinning away from us, and more

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The moon as viewed from the International Space Station
(Image credit: ESA/NASA)

Why the moon is getting further away from Earth (BBC)

Cinema audiences reproducibly vary the chemical composition of air during films, by broadcasting scene specific emissions on breath (Scientific Reports)

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A beard tax is being proposed in England, and It's not the first (Atlas Obscura)

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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.