A Secret Nuclear Base, A Rosetta Retrospective, and A Petition for Saudi Women’s Rights
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Global warming may reveal a secret U.S. nuclear base buried under Greenland’s icecap. Now that the Rosetta spacecraft is offline, we take a look back at what it taught us about comets. Plus, thousands of women in Saudi Arabia have signed a petition to abolish the male guardianship system.
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