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  1. Planetary Science

    Martian rovers survive storm

    Three months after being stymied by a planet-wide dust storm, NASA's twin Mars rovers are back in action.

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  2. Humans

    It’s About Time

    What’s a year? Why do we measure it in days and weeks? How do calendars differ? What’s the earliest known date? (Hint: It’s the year Egyptians invented the calendar.) Learn answers to these and other timely questions at Calendars from the Sky, a site developed in part with support from the National Institute for Standards […]

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  3. Humans

    Letters from the October 13, 2007, issue of Science News

    Another idea blown . . . Conservation by America is not going to decrease global warming (“Asian Forecast: Hazy, Warmer—Clouds of pollution heat lower atmosphere,” SN: 8/4/07, p.