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In the World’s Driest Desert, Ancient Wisdom Blooms Eternal

Burned out from life in New York, a photographer traveled to northern Chile to study the ancient wisdom of the Lickanantay, the area’s Indigenous people. Here’s what she saw.

By Irjaliina Paavonpera

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Dish Is First Company to Be Fined By F.C.C. Over Space Junk Rule

Dish, the television provider, failed to move its dead satellite into a higher orbit, where it would pose little threat to active satellites, the agency announced. The company agreed to pay a $150,000 fine.

By Orlando Mayorquin

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Get Ready to See More of the Northern Lights

Over the past few months, viewings of the lights have increased in areas farther south than usual. That’s going to continue into 2025.

By April Rubin

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Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

By Alanna Mitchell

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