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Why Two Moonships Were Better Than One Jul 20, 2019

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Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon.

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One Small Scoop, One Giant Impact for Mankind Jul 19, 2019

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Just before Neil Armstrong climbed back into the lunar module, he scooped up a few last-minute soil samples--which upturned our understanding of planetary formation. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Attractive Young Females May Have Justice Edge Jul 16, 2019

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Youths rated as attractive were less likely to have negative encounters with the criminal justice system—but only if they were women. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Tobacco Plants Made to Produce Useful Compounds Jul 15, 2019

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A proof-of-concept study got transgenic tobacco plants to make a useful enzyme in their chloroplasts, not nuclei, minimizing chances for transfer to other organisms.

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Rhinos and Their Gamekeepers Benefit from AI Jul 11, 2019

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Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.

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Why Baseballs Are Flying in 2019 Jul 09, 2019

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An analysis of the 2019 edition of the Major League baseball points to reasons why it's leaving ballparks at a record rate.

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Some Hot Dog Histology Jul 03, 2019

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A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or "meat." So what’s in there? Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Scientist Encourages Other Women Scientists to Make Themselves Heard Jun 30, 2019

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Geneticist Natalie Telis noticed few women asking questions at scientific conferences. So she publicized the problem and set about to make a change. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Wheat Plants "Sneeze" and Spread Disease Jun 25, 2019

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Wheat plants' leaves repel water, which creates the perfect conditions for dew droplets to catapult off the leaves—taking pathogenic spores for the ride. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Science News Briefs from around the World Jun 23, 2019

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A few brief reports about international science and technology from Canada to Kenya, including one about how humans thousands of years ago in what is now Argentina butchered and presumably ate giant ground sloths.

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