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Science puzzles no longer so puzzling

Solutions now exist for some of science’s bothersome brain teasers

Parkes telescope

RIDDLE ME THIS  In 2015, scientists discovered that some of the mysterious radio signals detected by the Parkes telescope, in Australia, originate on Earth. 

Alex Cherney, Terrastro/Science Source

By Macon Morehouse

- More than 2 years ago

In 2015, researchers solved some head-scratching and mind-bending puzzles.

Radio dinner

A class of odd radio bursts first detected by the Parkes telescope years ago came from an advanced civilization — if advanced means people on Earth so eager for a microwaved meal they open the oven before the beep.