The U.S. Vaccination Rate Continues To Slow

The U.S. Vaccination Rate Continues To Slow

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Inside the mysterious minds of horses

Janet Jones has been fascinated by horses since childhood. She’s now a horse trainer and a neuroscientist, which allows her to explore the minds of the animals to which she’s devoted her life. She even recently wrote a book all about their brains. She says there’s an enormous gap ...  Show more

Why scientists launched two little robots to the moon

Two tiny transforming robots landed on the moon! These baseball-sized bots accompanied Japan's first successful lunar lander. They rolled out of SLIM as balls and transformed into a rover. The bots cracked down the middle to reveal a little camera in the center. The halves then a ...  Show more

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