If You're On the Moon, Does the Earth Appear to Go Through Phases?

From the surface of the moon, you'd be able to watch Earth wax and wane through phases.

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The Biggest Dinosaur to Ever Walk the Earth Just Wants to Text You

Máximo the titanosaur wishes you'd drop him a line.

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Are Bananas Doomed?

Could our most beloved fruit go extinct?

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'Ghost Base' Perched on a Growing Ice Chasm in Antarctica Is Running on Its Own

A remote science station in Antarctica forced to close over the polar winter by a dangerous ice chasm is completely empty of human life.

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NASA's New Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Has Spotted Its Tiniest Alien World Yet

NASA's new exoplanet-hunting telescope has discovered its smallest planet yet: a world somewhere between the sizes of Earth and its smaller sister, Mars.

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Space Radiation May Kill You, But Your Mold Will Live On

Mold found in the International Space Station proved incredibly resilient to doses of radiation that would kill a human hundreds of times over.

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After Decades of Hunting, Physicists Claim They've Made Quantum Material from Depths of Jupiter

A team of researchers have posted a paper in which they claim to have achieved a holy grail of materials science: creating metallic hydrogen in a laboratory.

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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Baptismal Font Hidden Inside Jesus' Traditional Birthplace

Archaeologists have discovered a baptismal font dating to the 6th or 7th century A.D., hidden inside another baptismal font in the Church of the Nativity.

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Cockroach 'Superbugs' Becoming Near-Impossible to Kill

Roach-killing arsenals may soon become obsolete.

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The 'Lost City' of Atlantis Massif Could Reveal How Life Survives on Dark, Alien Water Worlds

Simple chemical reactions on hydrothermal vents could power life on dark worlds like Saturn’s world, Enceladus.

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Win 4 Weekend Tickets to the BlueDot Festival 2019 in the U.K.

Four tickets, two adults and two children, are up for grabs which could take you to this simply stunning festival celebrating all things space, culture and music.

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Why Didn't Chernobyl's Radiation Kill the Plants There?

Here's why plant life is so resilient to radiation and nuclear disaster.

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First 'Undisturbed Roman Shipwreck' in Cyprus Just Discovered

Archaeologists diving off the southeastern coast of Cyprus just discovered an ancient treasure: the first known "undisturbed Roman shipwreck" in the country's history.

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Cyanide-Laced Meteorites May Have Seeded Earth's First Life

Researchers have found cyanide on primitive meteorites.

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4,000-Year-Old Burial Revealed on Britain's 'Island of Druids'

The island is most famous today for its supposed links to the Druids, who were described by the Roman general Julius Caesar

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In Photos: Island of the Druids

The island of Anglesey, overlooking the Irish Sea, has been linked for centuries with ancient and magical mysteries. The island has been linked with the magical order of priests called the Druids.

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How Did the Universe Begin?

Or has the universe always been?

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What Is Stockholm Syndrome?

A rare psychological occurrence, Stockholm syndrome is when hostages develop positive feelings toward their captors during an abduction incident.

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'Crypto' Outbreaks Linked to Swimming Pools Are on the Rise, CDC Says

Not to spoil your summer pool fun, but outbreaks of "crypto," a swimming-related diarrheal illness, are on the rise.

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This Fungal Hallucinogen Makes Cicadas Orgy Till Their Butts Literally Fall Off

Their bodies may disintegrate, but these bugs don’t care.

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Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Traced Back to Its Home Galaxy for First Time Ever

For the first time, astronomers tracked an incredibly fast, insanely bright radio wave back to its source — 3.6 billion light-years away.

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This Remote Atlantic Island Is Being Covered in a 'Crust' of Plastic Trash

Researchers have discovered yet another new form of plastic pollution infesting Earth's oceans and beaches — and it's real crusty.

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Under Greenland's Glaciers, Dozens of Pristine, Jewel-Like Lakes Have Been Discovered

Hidden beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet like an enormous necklace of sparkly blue and oddly shaped beads, scientists have discovered 56 previously unknown and gem-like lakes.

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What Is CBD?

If you know someone who enjoys cannabis, you've probably heard the letters 'CBD' thrown around lately. Short for cannabidiol, CBD is the focus of a new area of cannabis research.

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Astronomers Spotted a Car-Size Asteroid Just Hours Before Impact

Astronomers discovered a car-size asteroid hours before it slammed into Earth and burned up in the atmosphere this past weekend, news sources report.

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Handlers Thought This Owl Was Male for 23 Years —Then 'He' Laid an Egg

Everyone, possibly even the owl, was surprised.

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Signs of 'Hidden Consciousness' May Predict Who Will Emerge from a Coma

People who showed signs of hidden consciousness after a brain injury were more likely to eventually recover.

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Man Learns the Hard Way That Mixing Pufferfish and Cocaine Is a Very Bad Idea

A combination of cocaine and toxic pufferfish liver sent a Florida man to the emergency room, according to a new case report.

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UFOs Remain Elusive Despite Decades of Study

The UFO-investigating group MUFON turns 50 next month. What have we learned over the past five decades?

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Extinct 11-Foot 'Super-Ostrich' Was As Massive As a Polar Bear

The brawny bird lived alongside humans, who may have hunted the giant.

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Are Humans Growing Smartphone 'Skull Spikes'? Study That Made the Claim Under Fire.

The journal that published the so-called "skull spike" study is now taking a second look at the research that went into it.

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Marie Curie: Facts & Biography

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist and a pioneer in the study of radiation.

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Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser Is Incredibly Active Right Now, and We Don't Know Why

A geyser in Yellowstone National Park has entered a period of extraordinarily frequent activity.

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Life on Icy Alien Worlds May Resemble Creatures Under Submerged Hawaiian Volcano

Certain conditions that nurture life deep underwater may also be found elsewhere in the solar system.

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'Lost' Caravaggio Painting Worth $170 Million Bought Before Auction — But Is It Authentic?

Experts doubt this version of a bloody biblical beheading is genuine.

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Pineapple: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits

Spiny on the outside, sweet on the inside, pineapples are one fantastic fruit.

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Barefoot Walking Gives You Calluses That Are Even Better for Your Feet Than Shoes, Study Suggests

Foot calluses have evolved to protect the feet and provide comfort in perhaps ways that shoes can't match, a new study says.

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A Huge Blob of 'Fire Ice' Lurks Beneath the Ocean. We Know Almost Nothing About It.

There's a huge cache of flammable ice under the ocean's surface, and it plays a key role in climate change. Scientists are only now beginning to understand what it looks like.

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Looming 'Climate Apartheid' Will Split the World Into 'Those Who Can Pay to Escape Global Warming' and 'Those Who Die'

Human rights might not survive the climate crisis, a special United Nations report warns.

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Volcano Just Shot Out a Mushroom-Shaped Cloud So Big It Could Be Seen from Orbit

The International Space Station captured a stunning photo of an erupting volcano.

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Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star System

There's a strange object in the Milky Way that blinks at us once or twice a day, and a team of scientists think they've figured out why.

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The Most Energetic Light Ever Seen Just Showered Down from the Skies Above Tibet

These photons have trillions of times more energy than a garden variety light particle coming from the sun.

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Sitting in Front of the TV May Be Worse for Your Heart Than Sitting at a Desk

People with desk jobs may not need to feel so guilty about all those sedentary hours in an office chair.

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Whoa! Enormous 'Cotton Candy' Explosion in Kids' Chemistry Lab

A classic chemistry demonstration gets supersized in a recent Twitter video.

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Exclusive: Controversial King Tut Statue Has Sketchy Origins. And Now Christie's Is Selling it.

A Live Science investigation reveals more about the sketchy origins of a statue that has led to a diplomatic dispute between Egypt, the U.K. and the auction house Christie's.

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On Alien Worlds, Extraterrestrials Could Be Spewing a Toxic, Smelly Gas. That's How We Could Find Them.

E.T. may use the gas for cellular communication.

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In Images: Rising 'Phoenix' Aurora and Starburst Galaxies Light Up the Skies

Cosmic marvels dazzle in the U.K.'s 'Astronomy Photographer of the Year' contest.

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Giant Squid Filmed Alive for Second Time in History. Here's the Video.

For only the second time in history, researchers have recorded footage of a live — and very curious — giant squid in the pitch-dark depths of its salty, deep-sea home.

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Nazis Dosed Soldiers with Performance-Boosting 'Superdrug'

The remarkable endurance of German and Allied soldiers during World War II had a secret ingredient.

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How Does New Libdo-Boosting Drug for Women Work?

It seems to excite the brain's reward system.

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Uranus Is a Weirdo — And So Are Its Rings

New images of the icy planet's rings reveal some surprises.

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Mysterious 'Bathtub Rings' of Titan Replicated on Earth

Something dark is spreading across the surface of Titan, and physicists have a new piece of evidence to explain what it is.

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Sperm Can Survive Microgravity, but Don’t Expect Any Space Babies Soon

Frozen sperm didn’t seem fazed by several loop the loops in an aerobatic plane, but that’s a far cry from showing that they would make a healthy baby in space.

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Asteroid That's 3 Times As Long As a Football Field Will Whiz by Earth Thursday

Summer is the season for tourists, and that includes a cosmic traveler — one that's three times the length of a football field — that's expected to visit Earth's neighborhood later this week.

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Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface

Don't get too excited just yet.

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Attempted Whale Shark Mating Caught on Camera for the First Time in History

Nobody knows how whale sharks have sex, but these world-first aerial photos provide some big clues.

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How This Gut Bacteria May Give Elite Athletes an Edge

Elite athletes not only have stronger hearts and fitter muscles than the average Joe, but they also sport special gut bacteria that may actually boost their performance.

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A Massive Freshwater Sea Is Buried Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

A gigantic freshwater aquifer is hiding under the salty Atlantic Ocean, just off the northeastern coast of the United States, a new study finds.

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Scientists Find Scurvy in Mouth of Long-Dead, Failed Crusader King

One of the last crusader kings had scurvy when he died, a new forensic analysis finds — contradicting old narratives that he died of plague or dysentery.

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Back to the Stone Age: 17 Key Milestones in Paleolithic Life

The Stone Age may not have been "The Flintstones," but there were definitely caveman qualities to it.

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7 Far-Out Discoveries About the Universe's Beginnings

Physicists are constantly learning new facts about the universe’s beginnings, and they’re mind-blowing.

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Could CBD Fight Superbugs? Marijuana Compound Shows Promise As an Antibiotic.

But do not try to treat an infection with CBD at home.

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NASA Set To Launch a Deep-Space Atomic Clock Tonight

This technology demonstration mission that could transform the way humans explore space.

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'Phoenix' Aurora Spreads Its 'Wings' Over Abandoned Military Power Station in Russia

More than 4,000 photographers shot for the moon (and beyond) for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in the U.K.

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Why Do Seasonal Allergies Make You Feel Sleepy?

Can you blame dozing at work on allergies?

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Why So Many Bacteria Live on the Surface of Your Eye

Only recently have scientists found the human eye has its own microbiome.

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Why Do Some People Always Get Bitten by Mosquitoes, While Others Don't?

Some people can sit outside all summer long and not suffer from mosquito bites. Others turn into an itchy mess despite bathing in DEET and never leaving the purple glow of the bug zapper. What gives?

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This 12-Foot, 463-Lb. Alligator Went Head to Head with a Semitruck

The creature survived the crash and wandered dazed in circles around a highway exit in Tallahassee before a trapper turned up.

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Flushed Goldfish Grew to Be Kitten-Size in Niagara River

Tens of millions of "freed" goldfish are thought to inhabit the Great Lakes.

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Philly Refinery Explosion Shoots Fireball Visible from Space

The explosion was so hot and massive, it was picked up by weather satellites.

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Could an Injection of Dead Cells Help Fight Cancer?

Dead cells in the body don't sound very useful, but they might provide a new way to fight cancer, a new study in animals suggests.

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Cells Shimmer Like a Thousand Ice Cream Sprinkles in Gorgeous New 'DNA Microscope' Images

What looks like a cross between a nebula and a 1980s dance party is something even more astonishing: a view of the locations of DNA and RNA inside a living cell.

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10 Times HBO's 'Chernobyl' Got the Science Wrong

From the dramatic helicopter rescue scene and the casualties at the "Bridge of Death" to the radiation effects on the liquidators, sometimes the writers took creative license, getting the facts wrong, in the Chernobyl series.

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Why These Strange, Reclusive Arachnids Fled Underground in Evolutionary Waves

When Australia got too hot and dry, which killed off forests, these woodland creatures decided to live underground.

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How Does the Summer Solstice Affect Animals?

Even if humans have trouble telling time in the "land of the midnight sun," many animals can adjust their schedules to the summer solstice.

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Supplements for Brain Health Don't Work, According to Neurologist

Aren't all of these "medications" approved by the Food and Drug Administration? Nope.

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Forget Moore's Law — Quantum Computers Are Improving According to a Spooky 'Doubly Exponential Rate'

They're getting really good, really, really fast.

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Dirty Surgical Instruments Tied to Hundreds of Infections at Colorado Hospital, Lawsuit Alleges

These included tools tainted with blood, chunks of bone, cement, hair and even a dead insect.

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Gorgeous 'Atlas of Space' Smashes the Textbook View of the Solar System

The solar system is more than a row of nine circles. Try 18,000 of them.

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Europes Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City

Hidden buildings in a 1,400-year-old Visigothic city were revealed in a new survey.

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First Neolithic City Was So Overcrowded People Started Trying to Kill Each Other

The transition from foraging to living close together took an ugly turn.

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Chernobyl: Facts About the Nuclear Disaster

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion resulted in the most horrific nuclear disaster in the world.

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First-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic

Belugas and narwhals can apparently breed. Scientists have confirmed the only known specimen of beluga-narwhal hybrid.

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Fresh Crater Spied on Mars — and It Looks Spectacular

Mars got whacked.

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Sack-Like Creatures Held Seafloor 'Dinner Parties' Half a Billion Years Ago

By gathering in groups, these organisms shaped water flows that fed them.

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Distracted Kindergartners May Earn Less As Adults

If you're wondering why your salary is so low, it bears asking: Were you inattentive as a kindergartner?

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Mysterious Etchings in Peruvian Desert Prove to Be Foreign Birds. What Did They Mean to the Pre-Incans?

Archaeologists have identified three of the birds depicted in the mysterious Nazca Lines, and they aren't local species.

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E-Cigarette Explodes in Teen's Mouth, Breaks Jaw, Blows Out Teeth

A teenage boy was seriously injured when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, according to a new report of the case.

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Meet the Scottish Sea Worm with Eyes on Its Butt

The teensy marine worm Ampharete oculicirrata has a tangle of tentacles near its mouth — oh, and a pair of eyes on its butt.

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Greenland's Summer Melts Have Started Early, and They're Very Bad This Year

Summer doesn't begin for two more days, but oceanographers and climatologists are already sounding the alarm about stunning ice melts going on now in Greenland.

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Alzheimer's Disease: Brain Changes, Symptoms and Treatment

Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, causes memory and thinking problems, as well as behavioral changes in older adults.

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Huntsman Spider Devours Possum in Viral (and Terrifying) Photos

For this arachnid, mammals are on the menu.

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No Signs of Aliens in the Closest 1,300 Stars, Hunt Funded by Russian Billionaire Reveals

E.T. is still not phoning Earth.

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Meet the Cat-Fox, an Oddball Feline Roaming Around a French Island

They're big and have fox-like tails.

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This Weird Animal Eats Rocks for Breakfast

Rocks might not sound like a delectable meal to most life-forms, but it's on the menu for a newly identified species of a plump, bizarre-looking clam.

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Voracious Black Holes Could Feed Alien Life with Radiation Blitzes

Black holes are engines of destruction on a cosmic scale, but they may also be the bringers of life.

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Samurai Text Tells Secrets of Sword-Fighters' 'Supernatural Powers'

Dating back to the 17th century, the text contains knowledge passed down from a samurai who fought and won 33 duels in Japan.

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Alcohol Boosts the Risk of Breast Cancer. Many Women Have No Idea.

Drinking alcohol is known to raise women's risk of developing breast cancer, but many women aren't aware of this link.

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Oldest Known Galactic Get-Together Occurred Shortly After Big Bang

This is the earliest known galaxy merger in the universe.

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Dogs Evolved Sad Eyes to Manipulate Their Human Companions, Study Suggests

You don't get to be man's best friend without copying a few of man's favorite facial expressions.

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The Same Exact Foods Affect Each Person's Gut Bacteria Differently

Diet can influence the gut microbiome, but the same food can have the opposite effect on different people.

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The Tree That Might Have Inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' Has Died

A Monterey cypress that is thought to have inspired the Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss' book "The Lorax" has died.

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NASA Wants to Build a 'Starshade' to Hunt Alien Planets

Such a mission would have to keep two spacecraft, separated by thousands of miles, aligned within 3 feet of each other.

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Bone-Crushing Hyenas Lived in Canada's Arctic During the Last Ice Age

During the last ice age, bone-crushing hyenas stalked the snowy Canadian Arctic, likely satisfying their meat cravings by hunting herds of caribou and horses, while also scavenging mammoth carcasses on the tundra, a new study finds.

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Why Global Population Growth Will Grind to a Halt by 2100

Global population growth will nearly grind to a stop by the end of the century.

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Ruins of a Lost Colonial Tavern (And Maybe Brothel) Were Just Uncovered in North Carolina

This colonial tavern (and maybe brothel) burned down years before the rest of Brunswick Town was razed by British soldiers in 1766.

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'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria May Be Spreading to Beaches Once Thought Off-Limits. Here's Why.

"Flesh-eating" bacteria that live in the ocean may be spreading to previously unaffected beach waters thanks to climate change, according to a new report.

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The Plastic We 'Recycle' Is Actually Horrible for the Environment

When you drop your plastic waste into the recycling bin, where does it go?

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Terrifying 'Fly-Pocalypse' Descends Upon Russian Village

Swarms worthy of a horror movie may have emerged from illegal fertilizer.

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Neolithic People Made Fake Islands More Than 5,600 Years Ago

Hundreds of tiny islands around Scotland didn't arise naturally. They're fakes that were constructed out of boulders, clay and timbers by Neolithic people about 5,600 years ago, a new study finds.

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Most of the World to Face Record-High Temperatures Every Year Without Serious Climate Action

About 60% of the world will face record-high temperatures every year for the next 100 years if we don't tackle climate change now, a new study suggests.

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Icy Martian Clouds Are Formed from the 'Smoke' of Dead Meteors, Study Claims

The wispy, blue ice clouds of Mars are actually made of pulverized meteors, a new study claims.

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Woman Who Requested Mariah Carey Cake Got Marie Curie Instead

The birthday girl was probably feeling emotions when she saw what the baker had done.

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Pea Burgers Taste Fantastic. They Can Also Help Save the Planet. (Op-Ed)

I ate a burger last night and it surprised me. It was delicious. So what was surprising? It was made from peas.

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Did Van Gogh Shoot Himself? Auction of Pistol Reignites Debate.

Did Van Gogh commit suicide, or was he shot by someone else?

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Baby Pterosaurs Could Fly. So, Did They Need Their Parents?

Newly hatched pterosaurs may have been more independent than once thought.

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Why Do Skulls Have So Many Bones? (It's Loads More Than You Think)

Why are there so many bones in animal skulls, and which animals have the most?

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Scientists Develop New Laser That Can Find and Destroy Cancer Cells in the Blood

This technology can screen the blood from above the skin.

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What Happens If You Don't Take Out a Splinter?

It can be a freeing feeling to shuck off your shoes and walk outside barefoot...until you get a splinter.

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Volcano's Shadow Forms an Eerie, Perfect Triangle

The shadow's pointy tip is a matter of perspective.

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Multiple Sclerosis: Symptoms, Management & New Research

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a potentially incapacitating disease that poses unpredictable challenges, but does not signal a shorter lifespan.

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'Poop Transplants' Can Transmit Deadly Superbugs, FDA Warns

The FDA is warning that these transplants may come with a risk of spreading superbugs.

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Biden Promises to 'Cure Cancer' in His First Term. Here's Why That's Laughable.

Biden's promise may be easier said than done, according to experts.

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The Carnivorous Plant Named 'Turtle Socks' Has Been Eating Baby Salamanders for Lunch

These carnivorous Canadian plants don't just eat bugs — they eat vertebrates, too.

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Is This Invisible Magnetic Field Smothering Our Nearest Supermassive Black Hole?

The monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way is eerily quiet, and now astronomers think they know why.

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'Star Trek' Logo Spotted on Mars

It looks like Starfleet is literally embedded on the planet next door.

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Breaks in the Perfect Symmetry of the Universe Could Be a Window Into Completely New Physics

If this fundamental symmetry of the universe doesn’t hold, it could break open new physics.

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The Search for Habitable Alien Worlds in Earth's Backyard Heats Up

A new instrument designed to find potentially habitable alien worlds in the nearest star system to our own sun just revved up.

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Humans Are Growing Weird, Bone Spikes on Their Skulls. Smartphones May Be the Culprit.

The hours we spend scrolling through our smartphones appear to be changing our skulls. This may be the reason why some people — especially the younger crowd — are developing a weird, bony spike just above their necks.

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Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early

It's all happening way faster than anyone expected.

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Man Had a Nearly 5-Foot Wire Left in His Body After Heart Procedure, Lawsuit Claims

A Nevada man is suing his doctor for allegedly leaving a nearly 5-food wire in the man's body for more than a decade.

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Ancient 'Loch Ness Monster' from Antarctica Breaks a Record for Body Size

Paleontologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Loch Ness Monster look-alike in freezing Antarctica. And just like the legendary Nessie, it wasn't the runt of the litter.

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This Strange Rock Formed on Mars Billions of Years Ago, Possibly from an Explosive Eruption

This is one of the most tangible pieces of evidence yet for the idea that explosive volcanism was more common on early Mars.

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An X-Ray Showing 100 Bubble Tea Pearls in a Teen's Abdomen Has Doctors Very Confused

Although bubble tea pearls could indeed cause constipation, it's unclear how they could show up on a CT scan, experts say.

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Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas Are Incredibly Toxic — And They’re Growing

Tourists from all over China come to view the toxic twinkling seascape.

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NASA's Getting Ready to Explore the Corpse of an Ancient Planet in the Asteroid Belt

A NASA mission to an ancient iron-nickel hunk has entered its final design phase, a key milestone on the way to reaching the distant destination in the mid-2020s.

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Massive Sphinx of Ramses II Sees Daylight for First Time in Nearly 100 Years

An ancient and massive statue gets a lift from modern technology.

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People Smoked Pot to Get High at Least 2,500 Years Ago

Getting high on marijuana may not be a modern pastime, as archaeologists have found the earliest clear evidence to date that people were smoking cannabis for its psychoactive properties some 2,500 years ago.

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The Big Bang Theory: How the Universe Began

The Big Bang Theory describes the first fraction of a second of the universe's existence.

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The World’s Plants Are Going Extinct About 500 Times Faster Than They Should, Study Finds

Three new plant species have disappeared from Earth every year since 1900, an alarming new analysis found.

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Sun Could Unleash a 'Superflare' Hundreds of Thousands of Times More Powerful Than Any Known Flare

A powerful superflare could disrupt electronics across the globe, causing widespread blackouts.

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The Defense Department Is Worried About Climate Change — and a Huge Carbon Emitter

The Defense Department remains the world's single largest consumer of oil, and as a result, one of the world's top greenhouse gas emitters.

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'God Does Not Play Dice with the Universe,' Einstein Writes in Letter About His Qualms with Quantum Theory

Three letters written by Einstein are up for auction, and they offer an intriguing view of his thoughts on quantum physics.

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For Sale: 'Haunted' Medieval Prison That Held Accused Witches

The former jail is known by the ominous nickname "The Cage."

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Rare 'Ectopic Breast Tissue' Caused a Woman to Lactate from Her Vulva

Women can experience some odd body changes after pregnancy, but for one mother in Austria, those changes were particularly unusual.

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Mysterious, Gaping Holes in Antarctic Ice Explained

The bizarre holes have been popping up sporadically in the sea ice since the 1970s.

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12,000-Year-Old 'Headless' Horse Engraving Discovered in France

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000-year-old engravings of a horse and four other animals etched by Stone Age artists into sandstone in what is now southwestern France.

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Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.

Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck.

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Night Owls and Morning Larks, Make Room for 'Afternoon People' and 'Nappers'

If you're not a morning person or a night person, but more like a midday person, don't feel left out.

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Why Trump's Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration

NASA's still on track to send humans to the moon. But confusion doesn't help.

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AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces.

Successful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics.

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What Are Rock Cairns?

What are those random piles of rocks on the trail?

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Rare Tickborne Disease Tied to New Jersey Man's Death

A rare tick borne virus may have sickened two people in New Jersey, killing one, according to news reports.

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An 'Anomaly' the Size of Hawaii Is Buried Beneath the Moon's Biggest Crater

There's a gargantuan secret buried under the largest crater in the solar system, and it weighs more than Hawaii.

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Alien Life Could Be Hiding Out on Far Fewer Planets Than We Thought

Where is complex alien life hanging out in the universe? Likely not on planets stewing in toxic gases, according to a new study that dramatically reduces the number of worlds where scientists will have the best luck finding ET.

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Severed Head of a Giant 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Discovered in Russia

A local man came upon a grizzly site on the shore of the Tirekhtyakh River

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Stephen Hawking Was Right: Black Holes Can Evaporate, Weird New Study Shows

Researchers used a sonic black hole to confirm one of Stephen Hawking's theories.

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Having Light in Your Room at Night May Lead to Weight Gain

Exposure to light at night — from the glare of a bedroom TV or a street light through a window — may increase the risk of weight gain and obesity in women.

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Done With Babies: April the Internet-Famous Giraffe Is Starting Birth Control

The now five-time mama is done having babies.

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Biggest Meteorite Impact in the UK Found Buried in Water and Rock

Scientists have finally located the site of the biggest meteorite collision in the U.K.

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Necklace Made of Defleshed Human Skull Discovered in Mayan Warrior Tomb

Grisly war trophies made from the heads of vanquished enemies certainly grab attention. But archaeologists are more interested in what they may tell about a tumultuous time of shifting political power.

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The Ocean Is Sinking into Earth’s Mantle, and a Dead Supercontinent Is Partly to Blame

Water sinking into the ocean floor has contributed to 400 feet of sea level loss since the destruction of the supercontinent Pangaea, a new study shows.

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Do Brain Games Really Work?

You've probably seen ads for apps promising to make you smarter in just a few minutes a day. But can simply clicking away on your phone really help you improve your brain functions?

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Scientists Take First-Ever Image of a Faint Swirling Ring of Hydrogen Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole

This cool cloud dances around the giant cosmic beast.

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How Long Can Humans Live?

Humans are living longer around the world. While there have been obvious ups and downs, life expectancy at birth overall has been steadily increasing for many years

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Why Are Some Smells So Hard to Get Rid Of?

Some scents quickly disappear, but others long outstay their welcome.

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Is the Radiation from Airport Body Scanners Dangerous?

Not much more dangerous than a banana

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This Asteroid Has a 1-in-7,000 Chance of Hitting Earth This Fall

This fall, Earth has about a 1-in-7,000 chance of getting an uninvited extraterrestrial visitor: asteroid 2006 QV89.

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Misophonia: Why Do Some Sounds Drive People Crazy?

Could a seemingly innocent sound like someone chewing potato chips shoot up your heart rate and send your brain into a frenzy as if you were caught in a life-and-death situation?

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Is It Safe to Visit Chernobyl?

Touring Chernobyl means observing strict safety rules.

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NASA Wants to Let Space Tourists Onto the Space Station — for $59 Million

This vacation is completely out of this world.

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Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People Out

When a seemingly innocuous image of a woodpecker stashing away its acorn supply made the internet rounds, Twitter-users expressed revulsion. They were reacting to the holes, which were triggering a condition called trypophobia.

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These Deep-Sea Weirdos Hold Their Breath for Minutes at a Time

This is the first time scientists have observed fish holding their breath.

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Nazi Code Breaker Alan Turing Just Got an Obituary in The New York Times — 65 Years After His Death

Charges of "gross indecency" destroyed the brilliant scientist's reputation for decades; he was finally pardoned in 2013.

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Scientists Just Found the Limits to Human Endurance

Endurance athletes are fueled by a seemingly inexhaustible energy. But is it really inexhaustible?

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Unknown Group of Ancient Humans Once Lived in Siberia, New Evidence Reveals

The teeth came from a genetically distinct population of humans.

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The National Academy of Sciences Will Now Expel Members for Sexual Harassment

This is the first time in the academy's 156-year history that any member could be expelled from the prestigious science group.

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Can Kidnapping a Giant Iceberg from Antarctica Solve Cape Town's Water Crisis?

South Africa's Cape Town is in dire need of freshwater, and an ambitious marine-salvager has an unusual solution: kidnap an Antarctic iceberg, use tankers and tugboats to drag it to Cape Town, and use the meltwater to hydrate a thirsty city.

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Wartime Story Leads Researchers to Underwater WWII Wreck of Missing US Pilot

The identity of a U.S. warplane pilot, missing in action for almost 75 years, has been revealed after a diving expedition to the wreck of his aircraft.

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What Is the Black Hole Information Paradox?

The universe really likes its information. It doesn't like to create new information, and it doesn't like to destroy any of its existing information.

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US in Danger of Losing Measles 'Elimination Status.' Here's What That Means.

When would measles no longer be considered "eliminated" in the U.S.?

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Canada Makes a Claim to the North Pole

Now, three northern nations are vying to stake their claim to part of the Arctic seafloor, a region chock-full of fossil fuels that lies under thousands of miles of water and ice.

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Pregnant Women Who Eat More Fiber May Lower Child's Celiac Risk

Mothers who eat a high-fiber diet in pregnancy may lower the risk of celiac disease in their children, a new study suggests.

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Please Do Not Feed These Tweezer-Beaked, Hopping Rats Peanut Butter!!!

These kangaroo-like rats turn up their long, toothless snouts at peanut butter, but they love earthworms.

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Can Physicists Really Save Schrödinger’s Cat?

Whether the cat lives or dies isn't as unpredictable as scientists assumed.

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Mysterious 'Bridge' of Radio Waves Between Galaxies Seems to Be Smashing the Laws of Physics (But It’s Not)

Researchers discovered a 10-million-light-year-long magnetic field, and it's doing crazy things to electrons.

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These First Americans Vanished Without a Trace — But Hints of Them Linger

There are no surviving members of an ancient and mysterious group of people who lived in North America for millennia. Until now, scientists thought they had vanished without a trace.

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What Is Cryptography?

From ancient Greece to the age of quantum computers, cryptography continues to keep our secrets safe.

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Iridescent Bones of a Lost Dinosaur Herd Discovered in an Opal Mine

Gemstones are precious, especially when they come filled with dinosaur bones.

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Bigfoot's FBI File Reveals Strange Story of a Monster Hunter and 15 Mysterious Hairs

The U.S. government released Bigfoot's FBI file yesterday ... and it's pretty weird.

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Scientists Study 5 Cases of Pathological Cannibalism. Narcissism Partly Explains Heinous Act.

Cannibalism can be an extreme expression of certain mental disorders.

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White Meat Can Raise Cholesterol As Much As Red Meat, New Study Shows

White meat, such as chicken, may raise blood cholesterol levels as much as red meat does, a new, small study details.

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China Aces Its 1st Rocket Launch at Sea, Puts 7 Satellites in Orbit

Watch the rocket soar above the Yellow Sea!

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Dizzying Video Shows the Moment a Jellyfish Gets Caught in a Bubble Vortex

Here's a jellyfish video with a twist … actually, make that 40 or 50 twists.

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A Koala Walks Into a Bar ... Here's Why Scientists Think That's a Good Idea

Koalas need their own special "water bars," especially as human-made climate change increases heat waves and droughts Down Under.

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Disaster Tourists Are Flocking to Chernobyl, Thanks to HBO Series

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is an unexpectedly popular destination.

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'Blood Antiquities' Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction

The artifacts include ancient inscriptions, statues, coins and manuscripts from the Middle Ages, according to a Live Science investigation.

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Here's Why the Supernaturally Creepy Dragonfish Has Invisible Teeth

When a dragonfish smiles, nobody can see its fangs. Now researchers have figured out the secret behind this predator's invisible grin.

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Physicists Search for Monstrous Higgs Particle. It Could Seal the Fate of the Universe.

Without the Higgs, the Standard Model of particle physics comes crashing down.

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Why'd I Come in Here? A Brain Zap Could Boost That Fuzzy Memory

A quick zap to the brain could help revive missing memories.

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Tigers: The Largest Cats in the World

Tigers are the biggest cats in the world, but their populations are struggling. With only 3,200 left in the wild, there are now more living in captivity than in the wild.

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American Tourists Die Suddenly from Mysterious Illness in Fiji

The husband and wife died within days of each other.

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Why Did People Take Iodine Pills After Chernobyl Exploded?

In the HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl,' a Soviet physicist realizes that there's been a release of radioactive material nearby and immediately pops an iodine pill. Why?

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Anaconda Mom Gives Birth to Baby Clones, No Male Required

When it comes to making babies, it usually takes two to tango. But Anna, a 10-foot-long (3 meters) anaconda at Boston's New England Aquarium, did it solo. Earlier this year, Anna gave birth to 18 snake babies all by herself, no male snakes required.

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Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims

Human society could collapse by 2050, a new climate policy paper claims.

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Astronomers Spot Twin Planets Carving Holes in a Brand-New Solar System

The two planets appear to have cleared a wide gap in their young star's protoplanetary disk. This is the first-ever observation of this behavior.

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Most Galaxies Are Moving Away from Us As the Universe Expands. Not This One.

Spiral galaxy is getting closer to our own, the Milky Way.

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It Could Be Thousands of Years Before Physicists Devise a Theory of Everything

Unifying all the forces and particles would require a particle accelerator far more powerful than humans have ever built.

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Godzilla Grew 30 Times Faster Than Any Organism on Earth. Here's Why.

If Godzilla were a real creature, his incredibly rapid growth spurt on the big screen would be off the charts, even setting evolutionary records, a new report finds.

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More Than 70 Gray Whales Dead in 6 Months, and Scientists Don't Understand Why

It's been almost 20 years since scientists have seen this many gray whales in such a short period of time.

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These Brain And Weight Loss Supplements May Cause Miscarriages, FDA Warns

Supplements with this ingredient are often marketed for enhanced memory or focus, increased energy or weight loss, the FDA said.

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Woman Had a Huge Tapeworm 'Egg' Encased in Her Brain. Why She's Super Happy About It.

When is it a huge relief to hear you have a parasite lurking in your brain? When it's not a cancerous brain tumor.

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Stratolaunch, Builder of World's Largest Airplane, May Be Closing

The world's largest airplane may be grounded after just one flight.

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Bronze Age Siberian 'Birdman' Wore a Collar of Beaks and Skulls

This unusual garment may have been used for protection or rituals.

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This Grumpy, Medieval Chess Piece Was Lost for Nearly 200 Years. Now It Could Fetch Over $1 Million.

A medieval chess piece that was MIA for nearly two centuries was chilling in a drawer.

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An Alien Star Was Just Caught Shooting an Enormous Plasma Blast into Space

This observation, the first ever of an alien coronal mass ejection, reveals new details about how stars other than our sun behave.

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A Scientist Edited Babies' Genes In Utero. It Could Make Them More Likely to Die Early.

The genetic mutation that was attempted in the CRISPR babies is tied to an increased risk of early death.

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There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?

The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.

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There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?

The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.

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Rare 'Flash Fire' Ignites in Man's Chest Cavity During Surgery

Scalpel,. Check. Sponge,. Check. Fire extinguisher...check?

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Magician's Film of 1900 Solar Eclipse Is World's Oldest Astronomical Movie (And It's Pure Magic)

The filmmaker preserved the event for generations to come.

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What Should You Do If You're Bitten by a Venomous Snake?

Above all, remain calm.

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Did the Maya Really Sacrifice Their Ballgame Players?

How did the Maya, Aztec and other Mesoamerican cultures play the ballgame? And did they really sacrifice the game's players?

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Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?

There's something flashing us on the moon, and we don't know what it is. But that might be about to change, thanks to a new telescope.

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UFOs Are Real, But Don't Assume They're Alien Spaceships

Aliens shouldn't be the default explanation for weird stuff in the sky.

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