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    First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower

    An early peep for this year’s peak

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    What a Massive Butterfly Count Reveals

    A tale of three decades and 4.3 million butterflies

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    How to Count Butterflies

    6 projects to volunteer for community science to study butterfly populations

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    The Beauty of Martian Rocks

    What scientists are learning from these dazzling samples

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    Our Windy Planet

    Watch this mesmerizing animation of winds blowing across the globe

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    Our Busy Universe

    A sliver of space from the Vera Rubin Observatory

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    Saltier, Hotter Sea Springs a Leak in Ice Sheets

    A surprising reversal at sea brings a big change

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    The Science of Tripping Comes to Town

    The many challenges of studying psychedelics

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    How to Build a Planet from Dust

    The answer is blowing in the (stellar) wind

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    The Ancient Paths of an Iconic River

    Vivid geological maps reveal the movement of the Mississippi