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  1. Astronomy

    Urgently Wanted—Star Counters

    Through March 8, an organization known as GLOBE at Night is asking for help tallying celestial bodies in the constellation Orion. Designed as a teaching aid, this star-counting program aims to emphasize the loss-of-darkness throughout the globe, a problem which hinders ground-based astronomy. Students, families, and the general public can report their results online by […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    From the February 26, 1938, issue

    Evidence of religious head-hunting in ancient Peru, the link between climate and body size, and chest pain tied to obesity.

    By Science News
  3. Animals

    Hidden Depths: Antarctic krill startle deep-ocean scientists

    The first camera lowered 3,000 meters to the seabed off the coast of Antarctica videoed what biologists identify as the supposedly upper-ocean species of Antarctic krill.