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  1. Astronomy

    New Worlds Atlas

    Keep track of the ever-expanding list of newly discovered planets orbiting distant suns at PlanetQuest 2.0, a revamped Website developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It has images, “planet system visualizations,” movies and games that simulate interstellar exploration, and even lets you install a desktop planet counter so that your computer always displays the latest […]

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  2. Humans

    From the February 19, 1938, issue

    A rough, tough charioteer from ancient Sumer, Americans' poor eating habits, and digging up an early industrial town.

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  3. Internet Seduction: Online sex offenders prey on at-risk teens

    Most online sex crimes involve adults seducing psychologically vulnerable teenagers into sexual relationships, a finding at odds with public fears of Internet-using children falling prey to deceptive, violent sexual predators.