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  A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge

  For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for...

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  Black hole–shredded megastars power a new class of cosmic explosions

  These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.Read More

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  Here’s how a collision of star remnants launches a gleaming jet

  A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet...

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  A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes

  Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric...

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  This paint ‘sweats’ to keep your house cool

  This experimental paint reflects sunlight, emits heat and mimics sweating to cool buildings without air conditioning, even in the tropics.Read More

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  Is nuclear energy good? A new book explores this complex question

  Atomic Dreams explores nuclear energy’s future in the U.S. through the history of Diablo Canyon, California’s last operational nuclear power plant.Read...

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  Compare shark sizes on our infographic

  As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.Read...

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  U.S. seal populations have rebounded — and so have their conflicts with humans

  Alix Morris’s new book, A Year with the Seals, explores humans’ complicated relationship with these controversial marine mammals.Read More

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  50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks face their own terror

  Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.Read...

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  How attacks on evolution in classrooms have shifted over the last 100 years

  Since the Scopes trial in 1925, Science News has reported on legislative attempts to undermine the teaching of evolution.Read More

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