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Name That Tune (and the Bird Behind It)

Barbara Chase -
This week, we invite participants to try birding by ear. Practice identifying five species common to your area by their vocalizations. The Sound...
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Launch: How and When to Watch

Barbara Chase -
India’s first attempt at putting a robotic spacecraft on the surface of the moon three years ago ended in a crash and a...
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Aspartame Is a Possible Cause of Cancer in Humans, a W.H.O. Agency Says

Barbara Chase -
A World Health Organization agency declared on Thursday that aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, could possibly...
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A Rocket Alternative to SpaceX Inches Toward Its First Launch

Barbara Chase -
Why It Matters: Competition in the rocket business.In recent years, the business of launching spacecraft and astronauts to orbit has been dominated by...
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Evelyn M. Witkin, Who Discovered How DNA Repairs Itself, Dies at 102

Barbara Chase -
Evelyn M. Witkin, whose discovery of the process by which DNA repairs itself opened the door to significant advances in the treatment of...
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Surviving Extreme Heat

Barbara Chase -
“Like being on the edge of death if you go for a walk.”That’s how my colleague Jack Healy described living in Phoenix, where...
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Break Out the S’mores: This Star Is Cooler Than a Campfire

Barbara Chase -
When you sit at a campfire and look up at the stars, even the tiniest pinpricks of light that you see are massive...
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F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

Barbara Chase -
“We need to make it affordable and available,” Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington State and a co-sponsor of the bill, said...
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Lightning Can Strike, but It Can’t Hide From a New Satellite

Barbara Chase -
Lightning comes and goes in brilliant and terrifying flashes. With powerful enough satellites in orbit, all that crackling static in the world’s skies...
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A Year of Cosmic Wonder With the James Webb Space Telescope

Barbara Chase -
By now, perhaps, we should be getting used to unreal images of the cosmos made with the James Webb Space Telescope. But a...
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