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NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology
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microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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![Light photo of Mycena lucentipes, recently described from Sao PĆ£ulo, Brazil.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20081107054654im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fungi1_l.jpg) |
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A Thousand Points of Light: Bioluminescent Fungi San Francisco State University Mycologist Dennis Desjardin Takes Readers Along on a Nocturnal Hike in a Brazilian Forest to Find Glowing Mushrooms Released
August 15, 2008
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![Photo of species-rich assemblage of fishes in the lower Congo River.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20081107054654im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/congo_fish1_l.jpg) |
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The Freaky Fishes of the Congo American Museum of Natural History ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny takes us on a journey down the Congo River to explore its rich fish diversity Released
May 20, 2008
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