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This Week in Science: Dark Side of the Moon, Mystifying Monarchs, and a Very Energetic Neutrino
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This Week in Science: Dark Side of the Moon, Mystifying Monarchs, and a Very Energetic Neutrino
Seven days, lots of science in the news. Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s most notable and quotable items. NASA’s DSCOVR satellite got a shot of the dark side of the moon crossing the face of the Earth. Manipulating the results of online search engines can shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by a significant amount. Baby bonobos seem to employ a similar kind of “babytalk” comparable to that which human infants use. Good news in the search for an Ebola vaccine: A single dose of one experimental formulation protected monkeys within three to seven days. How you perceive the color yellow can change with the seasons.
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