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The Wild Things column in the magazine is, by far, the most fun part to work on
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The week before the new year is a time for reflection, right? And so I though I would share my favorite stories from the magazine
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If it is clear out tonight, grab your binoculars or a telescope and look up at the constellation of Monoceros, the Unicorn
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Whose bright idea was this delicious concoction, anyway?
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The oldest fossil spider was thought to be Attercopus fimbriunguis, which lived around 386 million years ago
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