Plus, a new NASA asteroid mission, the weird history of bras
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| | Fashion Week in Paris had a blood-sucking turn last week—an invasion of the tiny critters that bite you when you sleep.
But bedbugs are common bedfellows in other major cities as well (hello New York and Hong Kong). These bugs are excellent at what they do. Maybe too good.
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| | | Bedbugs have been sleeping—and biting us—for a long time. Above, workers spray mattresses at an Army barracks in 1944 with DDT solution in a battle against the bloodsucking critters. Read more. | | | |
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON | | | Yes, that’s a mask: Retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Aaron Tam, is photographed above with his wife, Angela, and the couple's two children. The Iraq War veteran is wearing a mask representing Tam’s own brain, one subjected to multiple blast force explosions. He created the mask in an art therapy program designed to address the psychological health of veterans. Today is World Mental Health Day. Here’s a look at the power of art to heal. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA/JPL-CALTECH | | Metal exploration: Its name is Psyche, it's loaded with metal, and a new spacecraft (above) will take six years to reach it.
The mission, set to launch this week, marks the first time humanity will explore a metal-rich asteroid, an endeavor to help scientists better understand the furious formation of the solar system.
And scientists hope to learn a lot from this mysterious world, where canyons and cliffs of sheer metal may cover the surface. “My biggest wish is that Psyche will completely surprise us,” one of them tells us.
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Today’s soundtrack: Heavy Metal Drummer, Wilco
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