A refugee puppet, living on fake Mars | 5 STORIES
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A refugee puppet, living on fake Mars and other stories you missed | 5 STORIES | August 20
On this week’s episode: NASA takes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids, a puppet walks across Europe to bring attention to refugee children, why wildfires burning in Siberia are bigger than all others in the world and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age.
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A refugee puppet, living on fake Mars | 5 STORIES
Clip: 8/20/2021 | 4m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
On this week’s episode: NASA takes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids, a puppet walks across Europe to bring attention to refugee children, why wildfires burning in Siberia are bigger than all others in the world and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age.
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