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5,600-Year-Old Human Skull Bone Fished Out of the Thames by Lucky 'Mudlarker'
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'River of Stars' Streaming Through the Milky Way Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 1 Billion Years
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A Single Earthquake Can Move Millions of Tons of Carbon into Earth's Deepest Trenches
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Mendeleev's Periodic Table Draft Is Virtually Unrecognizable — But It Changed Science Forever
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Rarely Glimpsed Scaly Pangolins Caught Hugging Trees in the Dark
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Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One

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Huge Open Buckets of Uranium Ore Found at Grand Canyon? Totally Fine, Experts Say.

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Our Atmosphere Is So Big It Tickles the Moon

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This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore.

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Yes, That Viking Warrior Buried with Weapons Really Was a Woman

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Why Do So Many Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana?

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