Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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Scientists are using elephant DNA to crack the code on ivory cartels.
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On Sept. 29, 2017, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s latest Mars-colonization architecture, which centers on a rocket-spaceship combo dubbed the BFR (Big F***ing Rocket). See how it works in images.
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This is what the world's oldest drawing — dated to 73,000 years ago — looks like.
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Hurricane Florence strengthened into a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 mph (220 km/h). Here's a look at the monster storm as it heads toward the U.S. East Coast.
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Mount St. Helens is an oddball, geographically speaking. Now scientists have figured out why.
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A 1,600-year-old Christian church covered by the waters of Turkey’s Lake Iznik is giving up some of its secrets to archaeologists.
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A journey from zero to numbers so large, they don’t have a name.
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The foal died more than 30,000 years ago, yet everything from its hooves to the fine hairs in its nose remained intact.
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A long bone unearthed in Denisova Cave in Siberia is providing new proof that Denisovans and Neanderthals mated.
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