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These false-color images of Kuiper Belt objects now occupy a place in history: Never before have images been captured as far from Earth as these.

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PHOTOS: These Images Were Captured Nearly 3.8 Billion Miles From Earth

5:02pm February 11, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The distance marks a record: the farthest from Earth an image has been taken. Before NASA's New Horizons probe caught these glimpses in December, the 1990 "Pale Blue Dot" image had held the record.

I Didn't Think There Were Many African Women Scientists. Then I Checked Twitter

8:17am February 11, 2018

by Esther Ngumbi

The author, a woman scientist from Africa, was stumped by a survey asking her to name women scientists from Africa.

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Finding Planets Outside The Milky Way

8:02am February 11, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with University of Oklahoma postdoctoral researcher Eddie Guerras about how his team detected planets outside of our galaxy.

Teens And Gender

8:02am February 11, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Nic Rider, post-doctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota whose research shows more teens in the U.S. are identifying as transgender or gender nonconforming.

Religious leaders are uniquely positioned to recognize the early signs of people contemplating suicide.

More Religious Leaders Challenge Silence, Isolation Surrounding Suicide

6:00am February 11, 2018

by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

Many faith leaders are looking past suicide as a sin to help spot and support those suffering from mental health issues in their communities.

Beloved by thousands, Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex is moving from her home in the main exhibition hall of Chicago's Field Museum to her own private suite on the second floor.

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Sue The T. Rex Is Making Big Moves With Her Big Bones

3:28am February 10, 2018

The famous fossil calls the Chicago Field Museum home and is moving from the main exhibit hall to a private suite on the second floor.

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Blue methylene dye is used in labs to stain cells and sold in pet stores to treat tropical fish for fungal infections. It has anti-malarial properties as well.

Blue Dye Kills Malaria Parasites — But There Is One Catch

10:09pm February 09, 2018

by Courtney Columbus

Methylene blue used to be an anti-malarial treatment but fell out of favor. Researchers wondered, what if it were added to a current medication?

A still from the alien hand syndrome episode of Invisibilia.

'Invisibilia': The Otherworldly Alien Hand Syndrome, Animated

6:00pm February 09, 2018

by Menaka Wilhelm

Imagine trying to play the piano or button a shirt, while one hand does something else, entirely of its own volition. Invisibilia explored this phenomenon. More stories are coming in the new season.

Adam Frank, who has been working with computational science since its initial stages, weighs in on the new threat of computational propaganda.

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Computational Propaganda: Bots, Targeting And The Future

3:19pm February 09, 2018

by Adam Frank

Computational propaganda was invented by people who realized the possibilities emerging from the intersection of new technologies and behaviors they create — and it's frightening, says Adam Frank.

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Allan Adams: Can Gravitational Waves Tell Us How The Universe Began?

9:26am February 09, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

In 2015, scientists first detected gravitational waves— ripples in space caused by massive disturbances. Allan Adams says this discovery helps answer some of our biggest questions about the universe.

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