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From Ernest Hemingway to cybersecurity, Illena Armstrong represents ‘The Old Man and the Sea’

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by Kate Rix
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Want to build like biology? These bioengineers are bridging proteins between bacteria

by Noah Lloyd
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Does Earth actually have a second moon? Astrophysicists say there’s ‘at least six other quasi-moons’

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by Tanner Stening
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Can SpaceX help NASA get back to the moon by 2027?

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by Cesareo Contreras
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What caused Amazon Web Services to go down? A Northeastern expert explains

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Instagram is going PG-13. Will that make a difference for teens?

by Cody Mello-Klein
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What to expect from La Niña this winter

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Preserving biological specimens for DNA analysis just got easier

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
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Love it or hate it? Apple’s ‘Liquid Glass’ explained

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Can Elon Musk’s Grokipedia compete with Wikipedia? An expert explains

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by Cesareo Contreras
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Look to the skies this week to see the ‘Draconid’ meteor shower

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by Tanner Stening
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Humanoid robots in the home? Not so fast, says expert

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by Cesareo Contreras