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  NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new female record for most time space walking

  While working to repair a spare power unit Wednesday, U.S. NASA Astronaut Suni Williams set a new female record for most time logged spacewalking.
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  Don’t teach creationism says Bill Nye the Science Guy

  Famed TV scientist Bill Nye is slamming creationism in a new online video for Big Think titled “Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children.”
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  A LIST: Antoinette’s weekend event picks

  There’s a lot to do in the River City this weekend. Don’t miss out on these great events.
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  Scientists craft an artificial jellyfish

  By taking advantage of advances in the fields of marine biomechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering, researchers from two prominent US universities have created a swimming artificial jellyfish.
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  Found make-up kit could be linked to Amelia Earhart

  Yet another discovery on a Pacific island has giving investigators more hope that they’ll finally find out what happened to Amelia Earhart.
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  The next best thing to actually being on Mars

  A new, stunning picture of the Red Planet has been released by NASA.
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  Scientists discover “God particle”

  Scientists at “CERN” believe they have found a fundamental building block of our universe, the elusive “Higgs Boson.”
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  What’s in a God particle?

  More clues are expected this week in the worldwide hunt for an elusive sub-atomic particle, the Higgs boson, that is the missing piece in the standard model of physics.
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  HCA Virginia Family Palooza

  Free family event at the Science Museum that includes fun and healthy activities.
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  Shockoe Bottom Jazz Festival

  Shockoe Bottom Jazz Festival, Body Worlds & the Brain & Maharaja, the Last of India’s Great Kings exhibitions, all happening for the Memorial Day Holiday weekend.
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  SPACE: Once-in-a-lifetime space show Tuesday

  Venus will cross in front of the Sun from our perspective on Earth on June 5, and won’t do so again until 2117.
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  SPACE: Parts of U.S. will see a solar eclipse Sunday

  The first annular solar eclipse visible in the U.S. in almost 18 years will happen on Sunday, May 20th, but we’ll miss seeing it in Virginia.