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Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the sun?Despite being farther from the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, and the reason has little to do with proximity to a star.
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Infectious diseases will seed new ground as the planet warms — here's where they'll spreadScience Spotlight Climate change will increase our exposure to myriad infections, from tick-borne diseases to drug-resistant bacterial infections.
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Fisher's colon punctured by eel that snuck in through his rectumDiagnostic Dilemma A man's intestines were perforated in an "exceedingly rare" medical case involving a live eel.
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How the grassroots climate movement took off in the USBook excerpt In this excerpt from "The Carbon Wave," author Leah Stokes explores the lead-up to that moment and the wave of environmental action that followed.
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25 years ago, a NASA astronaut captured this haunting photo of the 9/11 attacksEarth from space During the Sept. 11 attacks, NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson — the only American not on Earth at the time — snapped a "sobering" shot of smoke pouring across New York City as the second tower fell.
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Guldhøj folding chair: The only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age EuropeAstonishing Artifacts The remarkably preserved wooden folding chair was likely a status symbol and was found in the grave of a Bronze Age chieftain.
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James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy's rarest stars inside the 'Treasure Chest' globuleSpace Photo of the Week A dazzling new James Webb Space Telescope image reveals about 70 newborn stars buried inside a strangely shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula.
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How small can a transistor get?Life's Little Mysteries How small can a transistor actually get? And is smaller even still the goal?
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How did the Romans build their towering aqueducts?Life's Little Mysteries The ancient Romans are well known for their aqueducts. But how did they build these impressive structures?
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