Dear Science answers your questions about evolution; Marvel’s Groot and Rocket will head to space on NASA’s newest mission patch; Now NASA’s Mars rover can fire its laser wherever it wants; Lichen is a famous biological partnership — but it might actually be a threesome; Does reading fiction make you a better person?;
 
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Dear Science answers your questions about evolution
You've got questions — about where life came from, where it's going, and how we know what path it took in the meantime. And that's great, because we've got answers.
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Marvel’s Groot and Rocket will head to space on NASA’s newest mission patch
The characters will help promote the basic scientific experiments conducted out in space.
 
Now NASA’s Mars rover can fire its laser wherever it wants
Don't let the power go to your head, Curiosity.
 
Lichen is a famous biological partnership — but it might actually be a threesome
It turns out a second fungus — a hidden yeast — makes the union even stronger.
 
Does reading fiction make you a better person?
Psychologist Keith Oatley explains how stories could help make us more empathetic — and, ultimately, more human.
 
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