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Why Science Is A Non-Issue In The Election...Again

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Libertango, tango Federico Mondelci

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American Journey: Civil Rights and the Women's Movement John Williams

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Building Organs, On One Microchip At A Time

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Movement Shanghai Restoration & Shanghai Restoration Project

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Faraway Joshua Redman

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"Resilience" Looks At How Things Bounce Back

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Butterfly's Day Out Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer et. al.

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Ask An Astrophysicist

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Star Fleet Academy, video game music~Opening Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

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Sally Ride, Pioneer

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Adagio for glass harmonica in C major, K. 356 (K. 617a) Dennis James

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Baricades Misterieuses (Francois Couperin) John Williams

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