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This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science!

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Science State
What is the future of American science?

One Man’s Water Tank 
Is another frog’s watering hole

Light Limits?
Have we almost reached the limits of optical measurement?

Trash Parrot 
Update

A Tiny Violin
Of course, physicists have created the “world’s smallest violin”, but why?

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Blair’s Animal Corner!

Pair up and Share 
In the baboon world is no joke

Even Birds Can’t fly far Enough North for the Summer
Climate change is moving too swiftly for even birds to escape, so how do you think turtles and trees feel??

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Garbage Gull
Are gulls using garbage trucks to get around now?

Making Myelin
Why is myelin production lost in Multiple Sclerosis?

Say No To Mouth Tape
Why do people insist on doing things they see on the internet?

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