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Lenny Pierce

Science nerd covering everything from astronomy to evolutionary biology. Check out my original series Miracles of Weird in which I document a new bizarre critter every Friday.
1+1=3. Scientists Nail Nuclear Fusion

1+1=3. Scientists Nail Nuclear Fusion

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Sequencing of Ancient Child’s DNA Proves First Americans Came From Siberia

Sequencing of Ancient Child’s DNA Proves First Americans Came From Siberia

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Animal Aggression in Females is More Subtle, But No Less Important

Animal Aggression in Females is More Subtle, But No Less Important

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Free Fishies! Dutch Technicians Build Mobile Aquarium Driven by Fish

Free Fishies! Dutch Technicians Build Mobile Aquarium Driven by Fish

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Cause of Munchies Found to be Olfactory Overdrive, Not Inherent Tastiness of Nachos

Cause of Munchies Found to be Olfactory Overdrive, Not Inherent Tastiness of Nachos

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Tatooine-like Planets are Real, and May Have Interesting History with Their Twin Suns

Tatooine-like Planets are Real, and May Have Interesting History with Their Twin Suns

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Man Uses First Touch-Sensitive Bionic Hand

Man Uses First Touch-Sensitive Bionic Hand

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Curiosity Rover Snaps our Photo from Mars

Curiosity Rover Snaps our Photo from Mars

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Miracles of Weird: The Hagfish

Miracles of Weird: The Hagfish

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No Moon? (Potentially) No Problem for the Habitability of Alien Planets.

No Moon? (Potentially) No Problem for the Habitability of Alien Planets.

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Space-Grown Vegetables Confirmed As Edible

Space-Grown Vegetables Confirmed As Edible

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Life On Mars? That’s Rhawn Joseph’s Theory, And He Wants NASA To Investigate …

Life On Mars? That’s Rhawn Joseph’s Theory, And He Wants NASA To Investigate …

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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Fan Event Packs a Huge 3-Dimensional Punch

300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Fan Event Packs a Huge 3-Dimensional Punch

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Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014

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For Stem Cell Creation, A Little Stress Goes a Long Way

For Stem Cell Creation, A Little Stress Goes a Long Way

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Chip n’ Dale to Hit the Big Screen

Chip n’ Dale to Hit the Big Screen

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Miracles of Weird: The Pink Fairy Armadillo

Miracles of Weird: The Pink Fairy Armadillo

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LEGO to Make Ghostbusters Set for the Film’s 30th Anniversary

LEGO to Make Ghostbusters Set for the Film’s 30th Anniversary

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Polaris is Getting Brighter, and Has Been for a While

Polaris is Getting Brighter, and Has Been for a While

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A Brief History of Zumbrowka, Wes Anderson’s Fictional Republic

A Brief History of Zumbrowka, Wes Anderson’s Fictional Republic

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NASA’s Robonaut 2 Busts Some Groundbreaking Moves

NASA’s Robonaut 2 Busts Some Groundbreaking Moves

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Presence of Water on Dwarf Planet Ceres is Officially Confirmed

Presence of Water on Dwarf Planet Ceres is Officially Confirmed

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Happy 10th Anniversary to the Mars Rover Opportunity

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Mars Rover Opportunity

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Fermi Telescope Makes Valuable Use of Gravitational Lens

Fermi Telescope Makes Valuable Use of Gravitational Lens

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