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Dr Fredrick Kyalo Manthi has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences —a recognition reserved for scientists who have made groundbreaking contributions to original research.

On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from Donaldjohanson, which is aptly named for the discoverer of the famed Lucy hominid fossil, ...