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Quick Roundup of Monthly Science Stories

JUL 02, 2019
A month’s worth of cool science stories summed up: Saturn’s rings, space sperm, better blood donation, and puppy dog eyes.
Saturn’s Rings, Space Sperm, Better Blood Donation, and Puppy Dog Eyes (June 2019 Monthly Roundup)

On this monthly roundup, Alistair Jennings from Inside Science sums up some of June’s most interesting science: how Saturn’s moons sculpt its rings, why Elon Musk may not need to go to Mars, making more universal blood donors, and why dogs are so cute.

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1 - Close-range remote sensing of Saturn’s rings during Cassini’s ring-grazing orbits and Grand Finale

2 - The origin of Saturn’s rings and moons

3 - Mars rover detects ‘excitingly huge’ methane spike

4 - Frozen sperm retains its viability in outer space conditions

5 - Scientists Ask the Public to Help Search for a Rare Breed of Black Hole

6 - An enzymatic pathway in the human gut microbiome that converts A to universal O type blood

7 - Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs

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