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How circling the globe has evolved in the 500 years since Magellan’s famous trip
Humankind has found new and improved ways to circle the globe in the five centuries since Magellan set sail.
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LifeCRISPR enters its first human clinical trials
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ArchaeologySatellites are transforming how archaeologists study the past
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