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Did Life Come From Space? • SOME ASTRONOMERS HYPOTHESIZE THAT ASTEROIDS AND COMETS MIGHT SHUTTLE BIOLOGICAL MATTER BETWEEN PLANETS.

Do We Really Need to Protect Every Species? • FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS OR ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS? SCIENTISTS DISAGREE.

The Search Goes On • NEW PARTICLE ACCELERATOR DATA FROM THE T2K EXPERIMENT COULD FINALLY TELL US WHERE ALL THE ANTIMATTER WENT.

Looking Into Lithium-Ion Batteries • THE POWER SURGING THROUGH THESE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES DEPENDS ON INTRICATE CRYSTAL TOWERS THAT OPERATE LIKE JENGA — SORT OF.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER?

The One-Man Gar Fanclub • MEET THE BIOLOGIST WHO WANTS YOU TO LOVE PREHISTORIC FISH AS MUCH AS HE DOES.

DOG, YAWN IT! • YOUR POOCH MAY YAWN WHEN YOU DO, BUT THAT’S NOT EMPATHY.

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Spin Doctor • NOT ALL CASES OF VERTIGO ARE CREATED EQUAL. WAS THIS WOMAN’S DIZZINESS FROM A HARMLESS INNER-EAR IMBALANCE — OR SOMETHING MUCH MORE SERIOUS?

What’s in a Name? More Than You Think • SOME WORDS SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN. AND THEY COULD INFLUENCE EVERYTHING FROM FICTIONAL DEPICTIONS OF ALIENS TO YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION ON A JOB APPLICATION.

TALES FROM THE FRINGE • From Bigfoot to the anti-vaccine movement, fringe theories are everywhere, lingering in the shadow of science. Where do they come from?

SPOTTING PSEUDOSCIENCE

SHOW ME THE SCIENCE • Beneath any valuable study, you’ll find a web of research, institutions, humans — and, of course, money. Trust in science hinges on the process.

NAME THESE LIVING SCIENTISTS

A SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO READING SCIENCE • WITH SO MUCH information drifting around us, it can be hard to tell what’s real and what’s bunk. When it comes to scientific research, here are six questions that can help you decide when to trust a study’s claims, and when to remain skeptical.

WHO’S PAYING SCIENTISTS?

NATURAL-BORN LIARS • Humans deceive — and so do animals. Here’s why we fall for trickery, and what happens when lies go unchecked.

TRUTH SERUM • HE’S SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING MISINFORMATION. NOW THIS PSYCHOLOGIST MAKES ONLINE GAMES TO VACCINATE THE PUBLIC AGAINST FAKE NEWS.

Fading Sunflowers and Screams • CENTURIES AGO, THE DISCOVERY OF TWO ELEMENTS LED TO NEW — BUT UNSTABLE — YELLOW PIGMENTS. TODAY, SCIENTISTS ARE DEPLOYING PARTICLE ACCELERATORS TO SAVE ARTWORK IN THESE SHADES.

In Search of the Dark Ages • A TELESCOPE PLANNED FOR THE FARSIDE OF THE MOON COULD PLUG A 500-MILLION-YEAR HOLE IN COSMIC HISTORY.

MEET THE NEWEST U.S. NATIONAL PARK