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Space Carnival 147

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For healthy and happy space travelers, food scientists must make meals compact, nutritious and long-lasting.

How Do Scientists Build the Best Diet for Astronauts?

Rio de Janeiro, December 8, 2009. Singer Taylor Swift during her show at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - shutterstock 758842915

The beginning of April always generates a slew of research papers from scientists who should know better. Here is this year's round up.

The Science of Taylor Swift and Other Improbable Stories 

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March 14 is Pi Day — and it's much more than an excuse to eat pie. Here's the significance of the number 3.14 and how it originated.

Pi Day: The History of the Math-Centric Holiday and the Special Number It Celebrates

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It depends on how deep you look into the DNA, according to new research.

Identical Twins: Just How Genetically Alike Are They?

This annotated image shows how engineers used binary code to hide the message "Dare mighty things" — as well as JPL's GPS coordinates — in the Perseverance rover's parachute (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Perseverance rover parachute

Engineers hid the phrase “Dare Mighty Things'' on the parachute of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. It isn’t the first time they’ve snuck a fun surprise or a sentimental object onto a spacecraft, either. 

NASA Keeps Hiding ‘Easter Eggs’ On Mars-bound Spacecraft

A statue of Galileo Galilei in Florence. (Credit: CIlia Baksheev/Shutterstock)

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Contenders for the title stretch back through the Enlightenment and the Renaissance to Ancient Greece.

Space Carnival 147

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