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SCIENCE in the NEWS TOP Stories

PARTICLE PHYSICS

ARLYNE SIMON

Light up the Bulbs

Growing Vegetables INSIDE SKYSCRAPERS • WHEN YOU WALK INTO A GROCERY STORE, THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS A PILE OF FRESH VEGETABLES. WITH LETTUCE AND TOMATOES STACKED HIGH, IT’S EASY TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH FOOD TO GO AROUND.

Laugh Out Loud

UNICORNS ARE REAL • UNICORNS ARE REAL: AN EXPLANATION OF PROOFS

ALICE BALL 1892–1916 • Excerpt from the book “Stolen Science: Thirteen Untold Stories of Scientists and Inventors Almost Written Out of History.”

What’s the SCIENCE?

DID YOU KNOW

MIND MUDDLERS

7 CONSTELLATIONS EVERYONE CAN FIND

Why Is the Sky Blue on Earth but Butterscotch on Mars? • THE PHYSICS BEHIND SKY COLOR

How to Go Anywhere (and Not Get Lost)

CLAIRE MALONE • I am a particle physicist. I analyze data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN to search for as-yet undiscovered particles.

CROSSWORD

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AURORAS • AURORAS, ALSO KNOWN AS POLAR LIGHTS, ARE ONE OF THE BEST NATURAL LIGHT SHOWS ON EARTH. BUT WHAT CREATES THEM AND WHY DO WE NEED TO BE NEAR THE POLES TO SEE THE VIEW?

Frankenworms • WITH HALLOWEEN AROUND THE CORNER, HERE IS A RECIPE FOR DANCING FRANKENWORMS THAT IS SURE TO SPOOK YOUR FRIENDS.

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER • THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST AND HIGHEST-ENERGY PARTICLE COLLIDER.

GROWING IN GRATITUDE • When you think of gratitude, or the act of being thankful, what comes to mind?

Guess What Animals

Stephen Hawking

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