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The 'End of the World' Is Today. Here's Why We're Still Here.
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How a Guy in the Netherlands Spotted the Top Secret X-37B Space Plane
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This Woman's Kidney Fell into Her Pelvis Whenever She Stood Up: Here's Why
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Watch the Sky Fall Before the World 'Ends' on Monday
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Famed Doctor Hans Asperger Helped with Nazi Child Euthanasia, Notes Reveal
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This Is Your Brain on Drugs (Really)
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Quantum Radar Could Make Stealth Technology Obsolete
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These 'Dirty' Thunderstorms Fill the Sky with As Much Smoke As a Volcanic Eruption
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'Alice in Wonderland' Dodo Was Murdered in Cold Blood
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Exploding Ants Kill Foes, and Themselves, with a Blast of Toxic Goo
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There Is Evidence That a Planet in Our Solar System Was Destroyed
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Why Is a Train Filled with Human Poop Stuck Outside This Alabama Town?
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Hundreds of Purple Octopus Moms Are Super Weird, and They're Doomed
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Mushroom Clouds Burst Through Neutron Stars, and NASA Can Watch It Happen

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