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In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified 21 carbon-containing molecules in a single Martian rock sample, seven of which had ...

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NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, wrapped up its first full month on the red planet and is gearing up its robotic arm to reach out and touch martian rocks for the first time, scientists ...

The Curiosity Cube, a mobile science lab, is making several stops in Champaign-Urbana through Saturday. Reporter The Curiosity Cube, a mobile science lab, is making several stops in Champaign-Urbana ...

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