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By Mark Stetson on January 12, 2024

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Host Josh Burstein takes us through the science news from the week of Jan 8th: The Webb Telescope just saw something weird on Uranus, Scientists say they conversed with a whale. It may be practice for aliens. and This NASA crew has survived Mars for six months — sort of.

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