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Commander Chris Hadfield ended his amazing run on the International Space Station with this beautiful video of him singing Space Oddity. When he croons “floating in a most peculiar way”, and he *actually is because he’s in space*, it’s pretty much the best thing ever. (And is this the most expensive pop video ever?) And Megan Garber looks at what made Hadfield’s run on the ISS so unique.

The ScienceSeeker award winners are out, and they're great. Massive congrats to Ginny Hughes and others. For some of the best science blogging out there, start here.

Maia Szalavitz’s five (maybe six) diagnoses of mental illness ...