Mars isn’t as dead as we thought

Plus, do you remember the 21st night of September? Wish you had a personal assistant? Now you do »]( [StackSkills]( [Advertise]( | [Talk To Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( [The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you.]( [/mess] [Could the Great Pacific Garbage Patch be eliminated in five years? | The Weather Channel]( [Could the Great Pacific Garbage Patch be eliminated in five years?]( “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of plastic in the world, but one company says it can get rid of it almost entirely. 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