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Bright Now!
Bright Now!

Bright Now!

—Short stories about science and tech, history, global issues and the personalities at the center of it all.
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  • Doctors, chefs and nutritionists explain how going green with fresh ingredients and flavors in daily meals will improve health.
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  • Missions lay the groundwork for solar sails space travel technology.
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  • Casey Anderson, who was once faced with the decision of leaving an orphaned grizzly bear cub to die in the wild or saving it, is faced with making that same decision again.
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  • The archeology of shipwrecks.
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  • The science of sports and athleticism.
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  • The Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, home of the world's largest steerable radio telescope, has been receiving a mysterious signal from deep space.
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