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Michael Franco @writermfranco

Word worker, science lover, giant-poodle owner. Writing about the seen and unseen world for Gizmag.

Joined January 2014
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What do you do if someone asks for a refund on a package that's taking over 3 months to arrive and your customer asks for a refund? You just move the delivery date and refuse! Nicely done @WishShopping. Way to lose a customer for life over a $9 order.
10 things you need to know today: June 28, 2020 in o theweek.com/10things/922513/…

10 things you need to know today: June 28, 2020

Global coronavirus cases top 10 million, 1 killed in shooting at Breonna Taylor protest in Louisville, and more

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So @Airbnb is allowing guests to cancel their reservation without any penalty. What that means is that the host loses all of the money and the guest loses nothing. Nice for the guests -- really kind of crappy treatment of the hosts. How about AirBnB stepping up and sharing?
Think it's been #OneYearTooMany? Let it show with this high-quality shirt from new brand Musewear. musewear.store/products/one-…
Mars winter forecast: Floating CO2 blocks, spontaneous pit formation newatlas.com/martian-winter-… via @nwtls
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Are dangerous chemicals accumulating in our toothbrushes newatlas.com/chemicals-accum… My story for @nwtls
Ozone layer under attack again says new study newatlas.com/new-threat-to-o… via @nwtls
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Black tea found to shrink guts by working inside them newatlas.com/black-tea-weigh… My story for @nwtls
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Our biggest fans this week: @HIV_Insight, @Prison_Health. Thank you! via sumall.com/thankyou?utm_sour…
X-ray shield lets researchers look in worms for cancer clues newatlas.com/x-rays-worms-ca… My story for @nwtls
Appetite-controlling brain cells activated by amino acids newatlas.com/amino-acids-act… My story for @nwtls
Our biggest fans this week: @HIV_Insight, @Hlth_Literacy, @Sex_Worker_Hlth. Thank you! via sumall.com/thankyou?utm_sour…
Powerful drilling speargun lets bacteria poison their enemies newatlas.com/molecular-spear… My story for @nwtls
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25 Sep 2017
In the #GameOfThrones Universe, to "bend the knee" represents the very highest form of respect and loyalty.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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21 Sep 2017
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that wanting to conserve the environment would be one of the things “Conservatives” do.
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Asteroid hunter to slingshot off Earth's gravity this week newatlas.com/osiris-rex-grav… My story for @nwtls
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Fat alchemists turn white to beige for weight loss newatlas.com/fat-alchemists-… My story for @nwtls
Oat-based protein acts like "demolition expert" in slaying cells newatlas.com/light-sensitive… My story for @nwtls
Ice Age bones discovered inside inescapable "black hole" newatlas.com/fossils-black-h… My story for @nwtls
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