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Earlier this year, astronomers announced a dazzling discovery. A rapid radio burst named FRB 121102 was not just repeated – it was repeated on a recognizable cycle. For about 67 days, the source is silent. Then, for about 90 days, it wakes up, spits out repeated millisecond radio flights before …

While bacteria are often associated with icky germs, they are actually so much more than that. They help us deepen things, feed trees nitrogen, play an enormous role in cycling the earth’s nutrients, and survive extreme extremes. Recently, we discovered some of these incredibly tough and thin packages of life …