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Science Tuesday: All of June's Science News

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I obviously failed big-time at keeping up with weekly Science Tuesday posts, so I’m switching it up and posting this segment once a month instead of weekly. Enjoy all (ok, most) of June’s science news! Ancient geometric symbols may have been basis for writing Comet’s atmosphere contains amino acid needed for

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Science Tuesday: A New Prime Number, Ancient Prosthetic Legs, and A (Possible) New Ninth Planet.

[Photo: Space Zinnia, Scott Kelly/NASA] Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I missed last week’s Science Tuesday, so we have two weeks worth of science news to catch up on. Let’s get to it. Philae lander not responding to scientists’ wake-up efforts: Scientists have tried one last time to awaken the Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but

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Science Tuesday: Four New Elements, Dancing Dinosaurs, and 3-D Glasses for Praying Mantises

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! Science was a busy little bee this week, so let’s get straight to the news! [Photo: Praying Mantis with custom 3-D glasses, Newcastle University] Four new elements added to periodic table: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has filled out the seventh line of the periodic table by adding

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Science Tuesday: A Ninja Shark, 3-D Printers, and an Atom in Two Places at Once.

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I promised yesterday that Science Tuesday would be back, and so it is! And since Science doesn’t take holidays, there’s a lot to read. Enjoy 🙂 Metal-starved star with orbiting rocky planet discovered: A star with extremely low levels of heavy elements has been discovered with a rocky Neptune-sized planet orbiting

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Science Tuesday: Earth Evolved Quicker, Anti-Aging Mouse Blood, and No More Processed Meat.

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! I’m sure you already heard the news about processed meat and cancer, so I put that link all the way at the bottom today. Goodbye bacon, I never liked you much anyway (except Benton bacon, which is heavenly). First we’ll get to the rest of the science news before we mourn

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Science Tuesday: Caffeinated Bees, A Lost Chapter of Gilgamesh, and The Sun Has A Hole.

Happy Tuesday, Aledan Merfolk! Science was busy being awesome this week, so let’s get straight to the news! Scientists discover new species of dwarf lemur: A new dwarf lemur species has been found in Madagascar. Andy Sabin’s dwarf lemur, more formally known as Cheirogaleus andysabini, is named for the New York philanthropist. The tiny lemur

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