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April’s skies boast the full pink moon, Lyrid meteor shower, and a total solar eclipse By Laura Baisas / Mar 31, 2023
What video game-playing mice taught neuroscientists about memory-making By Andrew Paul / Mar 30, 2023
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These newly discovered bioluminescent sea worms are named after Japanese folklore By Laura Baisas / Mar 29, 2023
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A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space By Sarah Scoles / Mar 28, 2023
Catch 5 planets (including Uranus) in an ultra-rare planetary alignment By Briley Lewis / Mar 27, 2023
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Researchers develop a new super-scientific way to understand curly hair By Laura Baisas / Mar 27, 2023
How the Hubble telescope is keeping a 265-year-old stargazing project alive By Jon Kelvey / Mar 24, 2023
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It’s still a mystery how snails ended up scattered around the globe By Thom van Dooren/MIT Press Reader / Mar 22, 2023