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What We're Reading
June 25
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“DNA Microscopy” Offers Entirely New Way to Image Cells (HHMI News)
Rather than relying on optics, the microscopy system offers a chemically encoded way to map biomolecules’ relative positions.
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The Land Where the Internet Ends (New York Times opinion)
Writer Pagan Kennedy visits the National Radio Quiet Zone in Greenbank, W. Va., where radiotelescopes have created a community seeking escape from modern living.
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Robo-Fish Powered by Battery ‘Blood’ (Nature news)
Fluid gives robots power without adding weight — bringing them closer to autonomy.
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New Model Re-creates Apollo 11 Mission in 3-D (Scientific American video)
Modern satellite imagery and 3-D modeling create a multimedia view of how Apollo 11 played out on the lunar surface
