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Jenny Lehmann is an assistant editor at Discover Magazine who writes articles on microbiology, psychology, neurology, and zoology, and oversees the Piece of Mind column of the print issue. View Full ...

In June 2024, astronomers detected a peculiar series of repeating radio signals from deep space, named FRB 20240619D. Using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, scientists recorded 249 bursts ...