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Could Misbehaving Muons Upend the Known Laws of Physics?
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The Sciences

How Scientists Are Creating the Crops of the Future
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Technology

Microfluidics: The Tiny, Beautiful Tech Hidden All Around You
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Why Scientists Don’t Want Our Poop to Go to Waste
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The Kármán Line: Where Does Space Begin?
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Environment

Why Extreme Heat Might Cancel Your Flight
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Health

The Quest to Make a Vaccine Pill
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The Sciences

The Great Wedge of Astronomy
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The Sciences

Deep-Space Ears, Interstellar Eyes, and Off-World Wings
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Planet Earth

How the Inca Built Machu Picchu
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Planet Earth

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Wasn’t Supposed to Lean
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What Is Silica Gel and Why Do Packets of It Come With Everything You Buy?
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