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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pretty interesting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-861-0402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>781-718-8334 (cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 Hawthorne Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bedford, MA 01730-1047<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=99 height=94 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9791in' id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image001.png@01D8EA0F.95FC5260"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Alex Berezow <newsletters@bigthink.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 27, 2022 1:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> jjrudy1@comcast.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Big Think: Crotch-biting spiders<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p 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style='text-align:center'>with <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Alex Berezow</span></strong> ● Thu 27 October, 2022<o:p></o:p></h3></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'>Greetings Big Thinkers,<br><br>The last time I dressed up for Halloween, I was the Phantom of the Opera. Today, if I really wanted to scare people, I would dress up as willful ignorance. Unfortunately, I don’t know what that costume would look like. Feel free to email me with suggestions!<br><br>As all of you know, ignorance is vanquished in this newsletter. And this week, we feature more great stories: the speed of gravity, the secret to becoming an excellent physicist, and <span style='background:#FFCC99'>why black widows bite so many men in the “junk.”</span> Yikes.<br><br>Be careful out there,<br>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid black 6.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 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100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h3><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>THE BIG EXPLANATION</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=71098af234&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'>How fast is gravity, exactly?</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr></table></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:225.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=9bc7adbe49&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=264 height=147 style='width:2.75in;height:1.5312in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e/images/27f47f04-2d85-7d12-6e25-644ecc68c90b.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'>I know what some of you are thinking: 9.8 meters per second squared! Wrong. That’s the acceleration due to gravity. What about gravity itself? Historically, there were two positions: gravity is either infinitely fast or merely as fast as the speed of light. Thanks to observations of gravitational waves, <span style='background:#FFCC99'>we know the answer.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt;border-radius: 0px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=58dfcd63c1&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank" title="LEARN MORE"><b><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>LEARN MORE</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid black 6.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h1>Popular<o:p></o:p></h1><h2 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The <a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=f2a80b593f&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='color:black'>worst ideas</span></a> of 5 great philosophers<o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Quantum sensors use <a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=71b4651c1f&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='color:black'>“spooky” science</span></a> to measure the world with unprecedented precision<o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>“Love hormone” oxytocin literally <a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=3ba4e4f751&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='color:black'>heals a broken heart</span></a><o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The <a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=9a1b1dbbeb&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='color:black'>extraordinary journey</span></a> of Leonardo da Vinci’s most mysterious portrait<o:p></o:p></h2></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid black 6.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:225.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h3><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>THE BIG INSIGHT</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=df75e2c538&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'>The secret to becoming an excellent physicist</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr></table></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:225.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=3ffeff8959&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=264 height=147 style='width:2.75in;height:1.5312in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e/images/a1f130c3-7316-4f9d-c364-e7167b78e322.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'>Isaac Newton was probably <a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=b090a55e59&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>the smartest person who ever lived</span></a>. But, good news! You don’t have to be an unparalleled genius to be successful at physics. What you do have to do is your homework — and lots of it. Being a good physicist means working through tough math problems so that you can develop an intuitive sense for <span style='background:#FFCC99'>what is real and what is nonsense.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt;border-radius: 0px;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=97cb9536d1&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank" title="LEARN MORE"><b><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>LEARN MORE</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 13.5pt 0in 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid black 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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h3><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>THE BIG SURPRISE</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=8ef4496c86&e=fec0247b6d" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Why black widows bite so many men in the “junk”</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr></table></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='max-width:225.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><a href="https://bigthink.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e&id=70a601ad03&e=fec0247b6d"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=264 height=147 style='width:2.75in;height:1.5312in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://mcusercontent.com/d8275a58d856c36f1f7ed062e/images/74f64e87-ec41-9add-ac9f-47f3acb47050.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#202020'>Black widow spiders live up to their name. Though people practically never die from the bite of a black widow, some of <span style='background:#FFCC99'>the worst documented bites</span> have occurred on a man’s “junk.” Why? 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