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Iris on science · June 15th
From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for June 15th. Iris here. June 15th. Health and longevity in ten — let's begin with what changed my mind this week. Let's get into it. First, from ARS Technica Science. Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated. Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in the small English town of Malmesbury, wearing a pair of crude wings he’d fashioned from willow wood and cloth. Eilmer managed to glide a good 600 feet, passing over the city wall before crash-landing…
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