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Strange Sea Swirls: What's Behind Speedy 'Smoke Ring' Vortices?Typically, ocean waters flow gently westward. But sometimes two eddies can combine into something called a modon, a massive vortex that can break off from the ocean's regular flow.
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Just How Rare Is That Giant Python Captured in the Everglades?Hunters caught a record-breaking 17-foot-long (5 meters) Burmese python in the Everglades on Dec. 1, but experts say there are likely hundreds of the massive snakes still in hiding.
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Horseshoe Crab Fossil from a Long Time Ago Named After Darth VaderFossilized remains of an extinct species of horseshoe crab, named after Darth Vader because the animal's bizarre shape resembles the "Star Wars" character's iconic helmet, were discovered in Idaho.
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Why You May Hear a Loud Boom When Watching This Silent GIFWhat do you hear when you watch this GIF? If you hear a loud boom each time the tower lands, you're not alone — but there isn't actually any sound accompanying the GIF.
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Smile (or Not): Photos Can Be Animated to Show ExpressionsUnless you're touring Hogwarts or an old haunted mansion, you expect portraits and photos to stay still. Well, thanks to the latest in digital-animation technologies, that may no longer be the case.
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Feathered Jurassic Dinosaurs Were Fierce and … Fluffy? -
Oddly Behaving Blobs Beneath Earth's Surface Finally ExplainedThe boundary between the Earth's outermost layer, the crust, and the underlying mantle is speckled with mysterious, blob-like regions that slow down seismic waves and lead to volcanic eruptions.
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Where in the Pacific Northwest Will the Next Monstrous Earthquake Strike? -
No, Cotton Swabs Aren't the Most Common Cause of Eardrum RuptureCotton swabs aren't actually the most common cause of eardrum rupture, according to the study. Instead, blunt trauma is the leading reason for the injury.
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Doctors Cut Into Mom's Womb to Repair Baby's Spinal Cord DefectDoctors in Canada performed a life-altering surgery on a fetus still developing inside its mother's womb to correct a spinal defect that would have led to spina bifida, according to news reports.
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Genetically Modified Beetles Grow Working Third EyeA genetic tweak has led to the development of scarab beetles with an extra set of compound eyes in the middle of their heads, and the eyes actually work.
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Americans' Well-Being Declines for 1st Time Since 2014After three years of improvement, the well-being of Americans ticked downward in 2017, according to a new poll, though some demographics were spared.
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Prehistoric Mammals Wouldn't Have Messed with This Huge Otter -
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In Photos: Cave Art from Mona IslandScientists have uncovered thousands of well-preserved paintings in caves on Mona Island that date to before Europeans arrived on the island.
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On an Uninhabited Caribbean Island, a Trove of Pre-Columbian Cave Art -
Perpetually Congested Woman Had a Tooth Growing into Her NoseFor one woman in China, the cause of her congestion turned out to be a tooth growing into her nasal cavity.
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Man Sees Doctor for Stomachache, Has Leaking Lighter Removed from GutOne Florida man's stomach pain turned out to have an unusual cause: A lighter that the man had swallowed was leaking lighter fluid into his gut.
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How a Squirrel May Have Infected a Medieval Woman with LeprosyMore than 1,000 years ago, a woman living in the British Isles became horribly disfigured after catching leprosy from an unlikely source: a squirrel, according to a new study.
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Prozac Puts Crabs in a Mood to Take Deadly RisksAntidepressants are entering waterways in runoff. And now, scientists have found that crabs drugged with Prozac are behaving badly, or at least in risky ways.
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Scientists Want to Help You Have Lucid DreamsIf you've ever realized you were dreaming while you were still asleep, you've had what's called a lucid dream.
