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April 07, 2023

Planetary Science JWST Captures Stunning Image of Rings around Uranus The imagery offers a rare view of the ice giant’s ring system, bright moons and dynamic atmosphere By Robert Lea,SPACE.com

Evolution How Zombifying Fungi Became Master Manipulators The real-life fungi that inspired The Last of Us hijack the bodies of ants, wasps, cicadas, and more. By Allison Parshall | 11:52

Animals Deepest Fish Discovered More Than 5 Miles below the Sea Surface A small, bizarre-looking fish was found more than five miles beneath the sea and is considered the deepest fish ever recorded By Tom Metcalfe

Education Fascism's History Offers Lessons about Today's Attacks on Education Moves in Florida to control public education mirror past fascist strategies in ways that are disquieting for American democracy, a historian argues By Eden McLean

Fossil Fuels Gulf Oil Platforms Emit Even More Methane Than Reported The greenhouse gas intensity of offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico could be twice as much as government estimates By Lamar Johnson,E&E News

Pollution Scientists Look for Toxins from East Palestine Derailment in Ohio East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be affecting people after a train derailment By Mariana Lenharo,Nature magazine

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 328, Issue 4

FROM THE ARCHIVE NASA's Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time Multiple obstacles might make it hard for NASA to turn its dream of ice giant exploration into a reality any time soon By Shannon Hall | March 2023

WHAT WE'RE READING "Bigfeet" A new short story on de-extincting a creature that (probably) never existed. By Torie Bosch | Slate | Jan. 28, 2023

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