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'Starry Night' telescope photo captures some of the oldest stars in the universeSpace photo of the week The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud shines in a stunning new image revealing glowing nebulae, newborn stars and the Chandelier Cluster.
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Do other animals call each other by name?Life's Little Mysteries Research in dolphins, elephants, parrots and primates suggests animals may call each other by name, but scientists are divided on how to define the behavior.
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'The greatest unknown was how much energy would be released by the weapon': How scientists prepared for the Trinity nuclear testBook excerpt In this excerpt from "Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test," author Emily Seyl looks at the buildup to the 1945 test that changed history. She explores the huge effort to design experiments that would ultimately establish whether the gargantuan explosion in the middle of the desert was a success.
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Does tapping on a soda can really stop it from exploding?Life's Little Mysteries Many people tap their soda cans to prevent them from fizzing over, but does this technique actually work?
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Climate change will triple the number of days over 105 F in the US. The health impacts will be dire.Science Spotlight Extreme heat will become more common as the climate continues to warm. That will affect almost every facet of our health.
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A joyful wedding nearly broke a woman's heart in a rare case of 'happy heart syndrome'Diagnostic dilemma A 65-year-old woman arrived at the ER with textbook signs of a heart attack — but the real trigger turned out to be joy, not a blocked artery.
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Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud 'street' in the East China SeaEarth from space A recent satellite photo captured a series of clouds sculpted by von Kármán vortices from a volcano on South Korea's Jeju Island. A giant multicolor plume, ejected by China's Yangtze River, is also visible in the image.
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Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in JapanAstonishing Artifacts Archaeologists aren't sure why prehistoric people in Japan made these elaborate vessels decorated with flames.
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Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way's black hole — Space photo of the weekSpace Photo of the Week Astronomers detected dust and water surprisingly close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, offering a rare direct view of how evolved stars may behave in hostile settings.
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