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Honolulu Science Cafe
Terry's Place 31 N. Pauahi Street, Honolulu, HI, United StatesWe have been able to map the boundaries of the supercluster of 100,000 galaxies that we live in: a structure that we named Laniakea. It is some 500 million light years across, making it one of the largest known features in our Universe.
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Reading the stories preserved in the shells of modern and fossil bivalves
NELHA Gateway Center 73-4485 Kahilihili Street, Kailua-Kona, HI, United StatesRecent advances in the field of sclerochronology have provided fascinating insights into questions of longevity. Modern bivalves are some of the longest-lived organisms on the planet, with several species reaching lifespans in excess of 100 years, and one, Arctica islandica, over 500 years.
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