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For those interested parties, NASA is telecasting a spacewalk on May 16, 2018.

Deep in the Borneo jungles live exploding ants, who self-sacrifice for their colony while having a bit of a blast.

They’re no Atlanteans, but the Bajou people may have a genetic advantage when it comes to sea-diving.

If you’ve been following one of the creepier celebrity stories making the rounds this year, you may know that Allison Mack, best known as Chole from Smallville, has been arrested this week for complicity in crimes allegedly committed by a bizarre sex cult. Earlier, the investigation looked at Kristin “Lana Lang” Kreuk’s involvement, but she left the group years ago, and claims the activity at that time was less legally and ethically troubling.

If you want something less serious or scientific, we’ve got two recent cosplay videos by Youtubers, below.

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Sometime this Easter weekend, the Chinese space station Tiangong 1 will crash to earth, but the odds of anything hitting you are very remote. If you think you might hit those odds, buy a lottery ticket.

UPDATE: What didn’t burn up went down over the south Pacific.

The last blue moon until 2020 rises tonight.

And they’ve put Stephen Hawking to rest. His ashes will lay next to Sir Isaac Newton.

Far less seriously, we have posted some fan video from WonderCon 2018, held last weekend, below:

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We dropped the regular Newspace features awhile back, but I still like the idea of wide-ranging posts on news of interest to Bureau readers, so here goes another attempt:

SciShow Space takes a look at forthcoming space missions:

While, elsewhere, we learn what led the Ariane 5 rocket off-course. I’m not saying it was aliens, but…

Okay, actually, aliens had nothing to do with it.

We have a round-up of video from around the Net, looking at science, cosplay, and Play-Doh superheroes.

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A wave of allegations of sexual harassment and impropriety sweeps Hollywood, and they now include at least three men related to comix and superhero movies:

After years of harassment and assault allegations, DC has suspended editor Eddie Berganza. Update: Okay, DC has fired Berganza.

Andrew Kreisberg, showrunner for The Flash, who also works on Supergirl, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow, has been suspended over allegations of inappropriate touching and comments.

Gal Gadot has announced she will only continue as Wonder Woman if Warner removes Brett Ratner’s company from the next sequel. Ratner faces some of the more serious allegations of sexual assault and misconduct among those recently accused.

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This is my video of the ComiCon local to me, which occurred this weekend. As a bonus, the cosplayer in the introduction turns it into a Countdown to Halloween video as well.

Below: the International Mars Society Convention, some NASA news, and where to watch Star Trek: Discovery

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Last-week’s San Diego Comic-con saw a display of a real-life Iron Manesque “jet-powered Exosuit.” Reality falls short of fiction, but it’s still pretty cool.

More on Comic-Con, science, and tech, below:

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