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Brett Ambler starred in a 1989 video about kazoos for kids. The video got a new life on YouTube and went viral soon after.

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Earth’s magnetosphere protects life from deadly space radiation, but many aspects of its function remain a mystery. Scientists have long believed ...

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