Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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I would like to have eyes on the deep ocean when hurricanes come by, that would be great to know.

Our ocean cleanup system is now finally catching plastic, from one-ton ghost nets to tiny microplastics! Also, anyone missing a wheel?

1. Ancient Greek who believed in atoms and promoted ataraxia—a life free of worry
8. One of three figures in a Douglas Hofstadter book
9. Like an animal affected by a lyssavirus
10. Immune response trigger
12. Study pursued by Davy, Bunsen, and the Curies
14. Chimpanzee, gorilla, or gibbon
15. Eye; planet
16. Touch-me-not’s genus
19. Arthropod’s posterior section
20. Archaeological site in Jordan called the “Rose City”
22. Articulation of the femur and the tibia
23. Chili pepper with a tilde in its name

1. Containing element #262. Offshoot from a trunk3. The four “mathematical arts” in medieval studies4. Organism resulting from DNA replication errors5. What’s processed in Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas6. Matter of probability11. Amino acid much ...

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