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That’s no moon. That’s a space station…

January 14, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…is what more than 25,000 petition-signers hoped alien life forms visiting the area might one day utter. Because yes, more than 25,000 people petitioned the White House to have the […]

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Science News, Space, Weird Science

Goodnight, sweet spidernaut

December 4, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Nefertiti was a spider that boldly went where only a few spiders went before, so it’s safe to say she had a pretty full life. The 10-month old “Johnson jumper” died […]

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