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In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...

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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about ancient evidence of hot water on Mars, indigenous people's cultivation of hazelnuts, and an inauspicious fish sighting.

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The team used these newly generated stem cells to help form a living, breathing mouse from a developing embryo.

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A magical fish teaches SpongeBob how to keep the dirty Krusty Krab surfaces looking spiffy; SpongeBob is recruited to cook in the big leagues, but first, he must prove his worth in the test kitchen.