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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have pushed back the barrier of how small we can see to a record, atom-scale 0.6 angstrom, over 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. NPR's Michele Norris talks with physicist Stephen J. Pennycook about the microscopic breakthrough.
  • A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.
  • The universe gets to run the "life" experiment many times, which means the burden falls on the hyper-pessimists to show why Earth is unique, says Adam Frank, who just published a paper on the topic.
  • Officials at Lithuania's Vilnius airport confiscated banned items from passengers. But instead of throwing them out, the airport decided to put them to use for the holiday.
  • Many animal rights advocates believe that animals, including elephants, should receive legal protections similar to humans.
  • Despite construction delays, fears of terrorism and slow ticket sales, the summer Olympic games are about to get underway in Athens. Join NPR's Neal Conan and guests for a preview of the city, the sports, the scandals and the super-athletes.
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  • The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs clash this weekend in Super Bowl 57 in Arizona.
  • Last year, the drugstore warned that an increase in organized theft in their stores was damaging profits.
  • Chew defended the app from allegations that its Chinese parent company is giving away American users' data.
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