Francis French (he/him)
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Writer and Educator
San Diego, CA
Joined March 2011
What to Buy at the World's Coolest Museum Gift Shops. Because We All Know the Shops Are Why We Go to Museums.
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Because sometimes the finest masterpiece is the one you take home.
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Two College Students Are Building a Robot to Replant Burned Forests - https://t.co/y3zb8kUXV3
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smithsonianmag.com
Marta Bernardino and Sebastião Mendonça invented Trovador, a six-legged, A.I.-powered robot that can plant trees in hard-to-reach, wildfire-damaged terrain
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Before the maiden voyage of Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship just about anything goes. Three-steak orders? Go for it. Just be sure to offer feedback. https://t.co/lTuzgLDKGe via @WSJ
wsj.com
Before the Champagne bottle is broken over the bow, employees—and me—kick the tires in what’s known as a “shakedown.”
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20 Fun Indoor Activities to Try When it Rains in San Diego
sandiegomagazine.com
Enjoy some of the best indoor activities around San Diego on a rainy day such as bowling, karoake, museums, and more.
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Archaeologists May Have Found the Lost Iron City of the Silk Road in the Remote Highlands of Uzbekistan - https://t.co/BNSuwPKC05
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Researchers are uncovering what they think is the metropolis of Marsmanda, an iron-making city that could rewrite the history of the famed trade route
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Spot Uranus shining at its brightest this year — here's what to expect on Nov. 21
space.com
Uranus will appear opposite the sun in Earth's sky on Nov. 21.
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Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
space.com
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."
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Watch a Wolf Cleverly Raid a Crab Trap for a Snack. It Might Be the First Evidence of a Wild Canid Using a Tool - https://t.co/l9MCkbJLjb
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Footage from British Columbia shows just how intelligent wild wolves can be, but scientists are divided as to whether the behavior constitutes tool use
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Thousands of Mysterious Holes Dot the Landscape in Peru. Archaeologists Say They May Finally Know Why - https://t.co/Tzd8P8v1jB
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New research suggests the Band of Holes functioned as a barter marketplace before becoming an accounting system for the Inca
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Mars spacecraft images pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS's path with 10x higher accuracy. This could help us protect Earth someday
space.com
This is great news for planetary defense.
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George Smoot obituary: Charismatic cosmologist who revealed ripples in the Big Bang’s afterglow
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A Museum Lover’s Guide to Maryland’s Glenstone
observer.com
Founded by Emily and Mitch Rales, the museum’s galleries, outdoor sculptures and rolling landscape invite artful contemplation.
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