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The Very Real Risks of Rescuing the Boys Trapped in a Thai CaveA massive operation is underway to rescue 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, who have been trapped in a cave for nearly two weeks. But the rescue options are incredibly risky.
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Poachers Tried to Kill Rhinos in South African Reserve. Instead, a Pride of Lions Killed Them.A pride of hungry lions in a South African reserve just saved the day, at least for a herd of rhinos.
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Yes, You Can See Tardigrades with a Cheap Optical MicroscopeWe bought a bunch of tardigrades online (thanks, internet!) and tried to see them with six inexpensive microscopes. Here is what we discovered.
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This Supercomputer Can Calculate in 1 Second What Would Take You 6 Billion YearsIt's the fastest, and smartest, supercomputer.
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'Yanny' or 'Laurel'? Why Your Brain Hears One or the Other in This Maddening IllusionThe auditory version of the blue/gold dress is dividing Yanny and Laurel camps across the internet.
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Congress Wants to Spend $10 Million to Search for Aliens, and Texas Is to ThankAfter a 25-year gap, the federal government may fund the search for intelligent aliens with $10 million for the next two years.
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Flat-Earthers Explain Why We Don't Fall Off the Edge of Our Planet, and It Involves Pac-ManTheir evidence included an odd Pac-Man effect.
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How a Guy in the Netherlands Spotted the Top Secret X-37B Space PlaneThe spy craft is on its fifth mission, but the U.S. Air Force is mum on what the X-37B is doing right now.
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The 'End of the World' Is Today. Here's Why We're Still Here.Here's the numerical and cosmic gymnastics Meade used to come up with today's apocalypse — one that, of course, will not come to be.
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Most Distant Star Ever Seen Is 9 Billion Light-Years AwayAstronomers have observed a star that's so far away, its light took 9 billion years to reach us here on Earth — about 4.5 billion years before our solar system even existed.
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Flat-Earther Blasts Himself into the Sky on Homemade Rocket (and He Survives)"Mad" Mike Hughes launched himself from the Mojave Desert on a self-made rocket before landing back to Earth, a little dinged up.
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In Photos: A Look at China's Space Station That's Crashing to EarthTiangong-1, China's first space station, is currently falling back to Earth and will soon make an uncontrolled entry through our atmosphere. Here's a look back at the 9-ton space lab.
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What's Up with This 'Smoke-Breathing' Elephant?An elephant in India seems to have a smoking habit. Sort of.
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Astronomer Announces He Has Discovered ... MarsIn an online publication, this astronomer reports the detection of a very bright object in the night sky that wasn't there before. Turns out, he's thousands of years late for this discovery.
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Dream-Like Video Captures Minke Whale Gliding Beneath Antarctic IceIt looks like a stereotypical hallucination of a whale floating beneath puffy clouds.
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In Images: Cut Marks from Samurai Swords and MachetesSlashing pigs with swords doesn't sound like science. But that's exactly what scientists had volunteers do — hack away at a pig carcass with a Japanese samurai sword called a katana.
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Stephen Hawking: A Physics Icon Remembered in PhotosOne of the world's most brilliant minds, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died. Here, we honor the man who changed the way we look at the universe.
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Stephen Hawking's Most Intriguing Quotes on Aliens, Women and the Future of HumanityOne of the brightest minds, Stephen Hawking has died at age 76. As we mourn his death and celebrate his life, here's a look back at some of his most intriguing words.
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Did Amelia Earhart Perish on the Pacific Island of Nikumaroro?A forensic anthropologist says he's 99 percent sure bones found on this Pacific Island belong to the lost Amelia Earhart.
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Microsoft Co-Founder Finds the WWII 'Ship That Saved Australia'The wreck had been lost to history.
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Birdwatchers Are Flocking to Alabama to See This Bird: Why It's So SpecialApparently, there's a one-in-a-million chance of spotting the yellow mutant bird.
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Humans Will Hear from Intelligent Aliens This Century, Physicist SaysMichio Kaku tells Redditors his predictions about intelligent aliens.
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Why Elon Musk Is Stepping Down from AI Safety Group He Co-FoundedThe move could have implications for artificial intelligence development at Tesla.
