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Welcome to the Kotkeye Ride Home for Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021.

I'm Jackson Bird.

Today, Edgar Allan Poe, wasn't just the sad author of spooky tales we all know and love,

but also a passionate science journalist, and the writings he left behind can tell us a lot about our current relationship

to misinformation and science communication. Plus, Starbucks officially sells more cold drinks than

hot ones now, by a lot. What is responsible for the trend, and how do baristas feel about it?

And the newly redubbed Cleveland Guardians can't catch a break when it comes to their team name.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

We all know Edgar Allan Poe for his big hits.

The Raven, The Telltale Heart,, and rising in popularity over the last year,

Mask of the Red Death. But did you know that the only real bestseller he had while he was alive

was an abridged version of a textbook about conch shells? He mostly took the job because he needed

the cash, as usual, but he was well

suited for the task because he was fascinated by science, and all of the ways how we thought

about the world was changing in his time, his time being, as a reminder, the first half of the

1800s. Writing in Slate, John Tresh, the author of the recent book, The Reason for

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