We open with a tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, who died Wednesday at 86. Then: a study finds expert birdwatchers’ brains show less age-related change, and we look at what that does and doesn’t prove. A new study in Current Biology says year-round daylight saving time would put well over a billion more kids on dark school commutes every year, just as we fall back this Sunday. And an Arizona man riding home with groceries got caught in a rare tornado. He’s okay, and strangers showed up with a new bike. Plus a record-setting 499 weighted chin-ups, a Popeyes drive-thru cosplay burglary, Cheerios with a Ziploc bag, and a clock repairman’s very long delay.
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