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This Mars Probe Went Missing
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A Rogue New Life Form
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Making Backpacks for Tiny Fish
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A Beautiful Accident Etched in Crystal
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This Muppet Is a Memory Device
Developing a high-tech, brain-like memory device led to a “cute surprise”
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They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.
The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts
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Is Solving the Plastic Problem a Moral Issue?
The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in
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Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?
Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses
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First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower
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These Spiders Kill with Their Vomit
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Orchids Thrive Among the Dead
Cemeteries are a gravely overlooked habitat for wild orchids in Europe -
Spying the Medusa Slayer’s Meteor Shower
The annual Perseid shower spectacle is back—here’s how to view it and where it comes from