Scientists learn that rock stars party hard and teens buy stuff to feel cool. Well, duh. But there's more insight behind these findings than you might think.
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Inside NASA's astronaut bootcamp and the grueling new training regimen for deep space. Plus, ten young geniuses shaking up science today, one writer's quest to analyze every man-made chemical in her body and more.
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