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Inside the extraordinary experiment to save the Stradivarius sound

An entire town went quiet so the world’s most iconic violin could be immortalized.

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Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

It will take University of Arizona scientists a year to polish each 18-ton mirror. They plan to finish by 2028.