New Horizons' next stop will be a Kuiper Belt object named 2014 MU69 nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto.
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NASA Finally Picked New Horizons’ Next Destination
What Does Scientific Literacy Really Mean?
What is scientific literacy and how do you measure it?
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What’s Inside Caladryl Will Not Make You Hallucinate
Itch-relieving action for the summer starts with this eponymous pink stuff, a cocktail of zinc oxide and a little iron oxide.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: Um, This Leech Feeds on Hippo Rectums
The year was 2003, and Mark Siddall was in South Africa a-hunting the elusive hippo rectum leech.
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Telemedicine Can’t Help the People Who Need It the Most
Rural areas have the slowest—or in some cases, nonexistent—Internet connections.
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Congress, Don’t Make Us Hitch Rides With Russia. Love, NASA
Enough is enough. The Administrator of NASA calls on congress to fully fund the space program.
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Science Has Its Problems, But the Web Could Be the Fix
The software a group of scientists used to replicate 100 psychology studies is a framework for the future of science.
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Hurricane Models Have Gotten Way Better Since Katrina
Katrina looked like a pixelated blob in 2005 hurricane models.
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Vaccines Weren’t Ready for Ebola. We Can Do Better
Outbreaks force governments to play an excruciating game of catch up as they scramble to develop vaccines for new pathogens. It doesn't have to be that way.
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Cotopaxi Continues to Rumble as Ecuador Prepares for Eruption
Ecuador has earmarked $500 million to deal with the impact of a potential eruption of Cotopaxi as the volcano continues to rumble.
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