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Eclipse, Jupiter's moon, the fruit fly's brain: The top science stories of 2024

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Here & Now Newsroom

December 23, 2024

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Europa Clipper spacecraft over the moon, Europa, with Jupiter at background left. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

Potential life on a moon of Jupiter. Bird flu. The brain of the fruit fly. Those are just three of the top ten science stories of the year according to Smithsonian Magazine digital editor Joe Spring.

He joins host Robin Young to tick through his top picks and why they matter.

This segment aired on December 23, 2024.

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