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Why Is Africa Ripping Apart? Seismic Scan May Tell
Effort aims to find what breaks continents apart.
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New 'Charmed' Particle Represents Rare State of Matter
The new particle seems to be made of four quarks.
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Legend of Lost City Spurs Exploration, Debate
Will the legend of Ciudad Blanca spell doom or salvation for a threatened Honduran rainforest?
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The Future of Bionic Humans: What's Next in Bio-Hacking?
Veterinarian and bestselling author dishes on his latest novel and our posthuman future.
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Ancient Chinese Murals Saved From Tomb Robbers
The tomb likely held a military commander and his wife of China's Northern Qi Dynasty.
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'Lost' Medieval City Discovered Beneath Cambodian Jungle
The city near the famous Angkor Wat temple was only known from historical texts until now.
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The Government Is Watching You: 8 Ways to Disap...
The PRISM surveillance program, operated by the NSA, has many users concerned about privacy. These too...
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Health
Flu Vaccine Prevented 13 Million Illnesses Over...
Seasonal flu shots have a substantial health benefit.
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Planet Earth
Why the Bering Strait Is Under Siege (Op-Ed)
Can the fragile Bering Strait survive as warming oceans increase shipping traffic?
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Space
Mystery on Venus: 'Super-Hurricane' Force Winds...
The howling winds of Venus have gotten even faster lately, and scientists aren't sure why.
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Earth Calling E.T.: New Project Begins Beaming Your Messages Into Deep Space
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Strange News
What Are the Marfa Lights?
The mysterious glowing orbs have fascinated people for generations.
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Mystery of Death Valley's 'Sailing Stones' Solved
Meet the Gallinippers: Huge Mosquitoes Spotted in Florida
Spooky Photo Shows 'UFO' Above Medieval Castle
Animals
DNA Sheds Light on Rare Killer Whale Type
A scarcely seen type of orca is likely a distinct subspecies or species, researchers say.
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Ocean Feast Lures Whales to California Coast
Film Brings Science Home, Highlights Remarkable Backyard Bird
How the Hairy-Chested 'Hoff' Crab Evolved
History
Captive Kids Forced to Act in Shakespeare's Day
'Child catchers' coerced kids into a life on stage in Elizabethan England.
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Human Nature
It's True: Some Parents Want to Live Through Th...
Parents sometimes want their kids to fulfill their own broken dreams.
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Science of Scandal: Why Politicians Bounce Back
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Quiz: Electric Vs. Gas Vehicles
You've read about them. You've maybe even seen one on the road. But how much do you know about electri...
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Paleozoic Era: Facts & Information
The Paleozoic Era ushered in an explosion of life on Earth.
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This Mayan outpost was one of the most densely populated in th...
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Continental drift was the first attempt to explain why similar...
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Properties, sources and uses of the element xenon.
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