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Living to 100: Personality & Good Genes May Be Key
Having a positive outlook maybe related to your genes, and the likelihood you'll make it to 100. Read More »

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Star trails over Crater Lake, Oregon.

Hobbyist photographer Phil McGrew captures gorg...

Animal photo from the Animals Inside Out Exhibit by Gunther von Hagens.

From a red-glowing shark to a fierce and muscle...

Single-celled organisms ocean-dwelling, called dinoflagellates, light up when disturbed. This species, Pyrocystis fusiformis, is a spindle-shaped cell about 0.04 inches (1 millimeter) long—just large enough to be seen without a microscope.

Some fireflies, other insects, fungi, bacteria,...

A garden gnome at the South Pole in Antarctica

A garden gnome demonstrates the variations in g...

A freeze-dried preserved schnauzer.

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Magic and Science Mix in Visual Illusions

Magic tricks aren't just fun and games. Researchers are using insights from magicians in multiple arenas.
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Corpse flower

That Stinks! Corpse Flower Set to Bloom Again

Watch the huge stinky flower bloom far from its awful stench with a live video stream.
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An artist's interpretation of Bigfoot.

Bigfoot & Yeti DNA Study Gets Serious

Genetics from the hairs and other samples of bigfoots and yetis will get to the bottom of cryptic claims.
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Two ancient curses depicting the goddess Hekate with snakes coming out of her head.

Black Magic Revealed in Two Ancient Curses

One of the curses targets a senator and shows a deity with snakes slithering from her head.
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Space lunch containing cocoa, salmon salad, sugar cookie cubes, grape punch and hand wipes.

60's Space Food Looks Gross, Probably Tastes G...

The Smithsonian released an image of a meal that went on Apollo 10 with John Young in 1969.
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a plutonium pellet

Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium ...

After 50 years, physicists detect the radioactive compound's signal.
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Quantum Weirdness Goes Big – Molecules Act Like Waves | Video

Quantum Weirdness Goes Big – Molecules Act Like...

The double-slit experiment, one of the foundations of quantum physics, showed that particles can behave like waves. Scientists have recreated the interference effect caused by wave-like behavior with the lar...

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