What Happens In Space, Doesn't Stay In Space

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Drinking in space is illegal, video games rule and fitness trackers don't work.

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WHAT HAPPENS IN SPACE... WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Astronauts Can't Get Drunk, And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Drinking in space is illegal, video games rule and fitness trackers don't work. WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT Why Is The Speed Of Light The Speed Of Light? aeon.co Light travels at around 300,000 km per second. Why not faster? Why not slower? A new theory inches us closer to an answer. IT'S SHAPES ALL THE WAY DOWN Physicists Uncover Geometric 'Theory Space' quantamagazine.org A decades-old method called the "bootstrap" is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. DEALS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Leo DiCaprio Would Wear This Suit, Probably indochino.com Seriously, somebody give these suits an Oscar. Indochino's made-to-measure suits, shirts and accessories act all expensive, but they're surprisingly affordable. Especially since they're up to 70% off until Sunday. DOMINATE YOUR WATCH PARTY Who Will Win The Big Oscars Categories, According To Everyone digg.com Who will win the big awards this Sunday? We tallied up all the predictions from around the internet, and we have a pretty good idea now. LET'S GO ON A QUEST HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH A Very Strange Story About The World's Greatest Dog Sanctuary outsideonline.com The world's greatest dog sanctuary is on a small farm in Costa Rica, where hundreds of canines run wild over the land — eating huge piles of food and slobbering happily on Lya Battle and her small band of dedicated volunteers. WHERE THERE'S A WIDOW, THERE'S A WAY Lady Jane Franklin, The Woman Who Fueled 19th-Century Polar Exploration atlasobscura.com An English widow dispatched many a vessel to search for her lost husband, who never returned from the Arctic. SOONER WOULD BE FINE, TOO The Man Who Wants To Eradicate Hangovers By 2050 melmagazine.com Scientist David Nutt believes a chemical called "alcosynth" is the secret to drinking without regret. VIDEO OF THE DAY NATURE... SO TENDER When Mama Bear Says It's Time To Cross The Stream, Don't Dawdle digg.com Because you're crossing that stream, whether on your own four legs or dragged by the scruff of your little bear neck. IN THE NEWS Trump White House Asked FBI To Discredit Trump Campaign Russia Ties, Plus All Today's Trump News Uber Sued For Stealing Google's Self-Driving Car Technology Hayao Miyazaki Is Out Of Retirement And Working On A New Film, Says Studio Ghibli Producer You're Overpaying For Drugs And Your Pharmacist Can't Tell You Incredibly Lethal VX Nerve Agent Used To Kill Kim Jong Nam, Police Say FROM THE DIGG STORE Want A Job? Learn To Code digg.com Apparently, coding is the next blue-collar job frontier. Here's everything you need to learn the basics, without the massive amounts of student debt. Unfortunately, we're not up in space, exploring the depths of the universe. We are, however, on earth — and there's beer here. Have a great weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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