Fri. 09/10 - The Mystery of Blue Moon Ice Cream

<p><strong><em>What exactly is blue moon-flavored ice cream and where did it come from? Plus, NASA is planning to purposefully hit an asteroid with a spacecraft, more on why and when. And this year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners have been announced!</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-blue-moon-ice-cream" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Enduring Midwestern Mystery of Blue Moon Ice Cream</a> (Atlas Obscura)</li><li><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-08-31-0708300659-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BLUE MOON</a> (Chicago Tribune)</li><li><a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/desserts/frozen-desserts/ice-cream/cult-of-blue-moon-ice-cream" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Cult of Blue Moon Ice Cream</a> (Food &amp; Wine)</li><li><a href="https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2020/11/02/the-quest-for-the-blue-moon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blue Moon Core Area (BMCA)</a> (somethingaboutmaps)</li><li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/09/1035166/dart-nasa-spacecraft-asteroid-protection-dimorphos/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASA is going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid. Things might get chaotic.</a> (MIT Technology Review)</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-a-spacecraft-to-save-the-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/science/asteroid-deflection-collision.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deflecting an Asteroid Before It Hits Earth May Take Multiple Bumps</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Mission/index.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DART Mission Overview</a> (John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)</li><li><a href="https://mashable.com/article/ig-nobel-prize-2021-sex-nasal-decongestant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ig N