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Launched in 1977, the Voyager twins are the farthest human-made objects from Earth. Voyager 1 is now more than 24 billion kilometres away, officially in interstellar space. Each carries the famous Golden Record, a time capsule of Earth’s sounds, music, and greetings in 55 languages, meant to tell aliens who we are. They’re still sending faint signals, though their power …

President Donald Trump has picked Jim O’Neill, a former investor and critic of health regulations serving under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to take control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following a tumultuous week in which the agency’s director was forced out. O’Neill, Kennedy’s deputy at the Department of Health and Human Services, will supplant Susan Monarez, …