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While NASA's Hubble Space Telescope keeps unveiling 

, this weekend hear from a NASA scientist mistaken for a supervillain, follow the path of a cellphone into unfamiliar territory (that isn't so unfamiliar), explore a history of U.S. nuclear weapon testing and meet a gaming grandmother. 

What Are Those Kids Doing With That Enormous Gun?

A lost phone provides a keyhole view across the world, to a family not so dissimilar from the phone's original owners. 

This Man Was Accused of Trying to Pull Earth Out of Its Orbit

A theoretical exercise, taken as a supervillain's plan, takes on a life of its own, to the chagrin of NASA scientist Gregory Laughlin. 

The New Horizons probe is well into its phone-home phase, each day streaming new data that peels back darkness and distance shrouded layers surrounding Pluto. 

Building the Atom Bomb: The Full story of the Nevada Test Site

Explore this interactive history of the nuclear weapon testing program of the U.S. government, and how a vast expanse of land northwest of Las Vegas was chosen. 

What happens to a deep-water warrior when its nuclear remnants outlast the mission? 

 has captivated the Internet with rapt recoil, New York has been engaged in a perpetual struggle with the entrenched invasive species. 

Exploring New York's Rattiest Park with a Rodentologist

Gaming is ubiquitous, across the young and old. Watch the wonderful convergence of a 79-year-old grandmother, a gaming computer, 

 game and a desire for connection. [Note: As a longtime fan of Bethesda's games, I find this simply heartwarming.] 

Absurd Creatures: This Tiny Adorable Critter Is Half Kangaroo, Half Velociraptor

Absurd Creatures | This Tiny Adorable Critter Is Half Kangaroo, Half Velociraptor

Twenty-five years after rocketing into the sky, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is still unveiling spectacular views of our universe, this week revealing a 

, a supernova remnant more than 2,100 light years away.

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This weekend hear from a NASA scientist mistaken for a supervillain, explore a bit of nuclear history, meet a gaming grandmother and follow a curious trail of a cellphone into familiarity.

NASA supervillain, nuclear history and a lost phone: Your weekend reading list

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