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Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the Sun? Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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What are supermassive black holes? Everything you need to know – and what astronomers are still learning – about these mysterious objects -- Mary Ogborn, Penn State

18 days ago

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26 days ago

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Supreme Court rules your cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment -- Anne Toomey McKenna, Penn State

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Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? -- Adam Annaccone, University of Texas at Arlington

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Who was the first transgender person? -- Ky Merkley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Nick Winters, Northwestern University

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