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Dark Matter vs. Aether

Sean Carroll takes on one of the biggest single misconception in popular discussions of dark matter and dark energy.

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'The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix'

New reminiscences and illustrations enrich James Watson's 1968 autobiography.

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Strange Fish

Meet the giant oarfish, barreleye fish, and sawfish.

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Hearing Things

An excerpt from 'Hallucinations' by Oliver Sacks

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SciFri Book Club Has 'The Right Stuff'

The Tom Wolfe classic is on the reading list this month.

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A Whipspider Surprise

During our visit to Costa Rica in March, we came across an arachnid with unexpected companions.

IRA FLATOW

Host Ira Flatow is a veteran NPR science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist.

SciArts

Birds Gone Wild

The Fallen Leaves

Your Brain on... Art

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LAST WEEK'S VIDEO

Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin

LAST WEEK'S SHOW

Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests

The Double Helix and Beyond: Catching Up With James Watson

Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin

Looking Back on 2012 Election Technology

Searching for 'The Particle at the End of the Universe'

A Millipede That (Almost) Lives Up to the Name

SNACK

Not Quite a Religious Experience

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"When we throw out half a hamburger, according to an estimate by the Water Footprint Network, that's equivalent to taking over an hour shower, in the water use that was required for that half hamburger you just tossed."
-- Dana Gunders, NRDC

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A Spacesuit Ballet

\tOf the suit he wore on the moon, Neil Armstrong wrote, "it was tough, reliable, and almost cuddly." But that cuddly suit, made by the company Playtex, had some stiff competition (literally) from rival rigid, metal designs. This video features archival NASA footage of mobility tests for several spacesuit prototypes. Music is from the band One Ring Zero's album "Planets".

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

A Chat with Crewmembers Aboard the ISS

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