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Science Scene: Halloween Edition

Eva Frederick, Maluly Martinez Benavides, and Ellen Airhart
October 30, 2015
Connor Murphy

In celebration of Halloween, Science Scene writers Ellen Airhart, Maluly Martinez Benavides and Eva Frederick explain the science side of three creepy phenomena that might otherwise have you looking over your shoulder.

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