Ancient Humans May Have Been Better At Breathing Than We Are Today
It might be tempting to imagine our ancient ancestors as simply less sophisticated versions of ourselves, but scientists know that there are some very big…
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The Exoplanet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Is Now Dead
If you've read anything about newly discovered exoplanets over the past decade there's a really good chance the discovery was made by the Kepler space…
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Here's Your Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance To Own A Moon Rock
We're all pretty familiar with the Moon from a very young age. It's usually one of the first topics talked about in our earliest science…
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Now The Closest To The Sun That Any Spacecraft Has Ever Been
NASA's much-hyped mission to "touch the Sun" has only been underway for a couple of months, but it's already achieved something that no other spacecraft…
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NASA Refuses To Give Up On Silent Opportunity Rover
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover isn't doing much of anything right now, and that's how it's been for a number of months now. The rover was…
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People Were Eating Chocolate Way Earlier Than Scientists Previously Thought
Halloween is just days away, and if you haven't already dug into a big bowl of candy you probably will within the next 72 hours…
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A Hurricane Literally Wiped This Tiny Hawaiian Island Off The Map
When a hurricane rolls ashore here in the United States we see devastation in the form of buildings toppled, incredible flooding, and the collapse of…
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Behold This Adorable Baby Octopus That Lived In Human Trash
Cleaning up trash is not a glamorous job, and you'd have to imagine that cleaning up ocean trash is no different. Slowly plucking someone else's…
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One Of The Milky Way's Satellite Galaxies Started Leaking Into Another
As chaotic as life is here on Earth, it's not often that we have time to look up at the night sky and ponder the…
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NASA's Solar Probe Spares A Thought For Earth As It Speeds Towards The Sun
NASA began its mission to "touch the Sun" back in mid-August, sending the Parker Solar Probe towards our star on a first-of-its-kind trip that will…
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Science Stunt Aborted After 15 Hours Because Plants Couldn't Save A Man From Himself
Raising awareness about climate change and mankind's impact on the Earth is a noble cause, and there's plenty of ways to go about it. Locking…
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Scientists Invent Tiny 'Wasp' Drones That Can Open Doors 40 Times Their Own Mass
One of the most promising things about advancements in robotics is the potential applications for things like disaster recovery. Humans are great at rescuing each…
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Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Weapons Ever Found In North America, And They Might Rewrite History
For many years the consensus among archaeologists was that humans began settling in North America around 13,000 years ago. This timeline was based on artifacts…
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Fiber Technology Breakthrough Could Make Your Internet 100x Faster
You might think your internet service is fine as it is — when it works, of course, which might be rarely if you have certain…
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Russia Will Be Ready To Resume Soyuz Flights Soon, NASA Says
It's only been a couple of weeks since Russia's Soyuz rocket launch towards the International Space Station ended abruptly due to an unspecified failure, sending…
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NASA Just Released New Images Of That Big Square Iceberg, And It's Just As Strange As Before
When NASA released a picture of an incredibly strange-looking iceberg that it had photographed during a survey flight over Antarctica I'm not sure they expected…
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A Big Chunk Of The Moon Which Became A Lunar Meteorite Just Sold For Over $600,000
Getting your hands on a piece of the Moon is pretty darn difficult for most of us. Some lunar missions have brought samples back from…
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NASA's Incredible Water System Dumps 450,000 Gallons In About A Minute
Once a rocket leaves the launch pad, all eyes turn skyward, but the technology that keeps launch sites working at their peak efficiency is pretty…
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A 72-Year-Old Man Was Stoned To Death By A Group Of Insane Monkeys And Police Don't Know What To Do
The monkeys at your local zoo might look like a playful bunch, but a village in northern India is being harassed by primates that are…
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Scientists Spot Bizarre 'Headless Chicken Monster' Lurking Near The Ocean Floor
If you have even a casual interest in science or nature you probably already know that the animals lurking deep within Earth's oceans tend to…
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Astronomers Spot The Youngest Known Pulsar Ever, And Boy Is It Pretty
Many of the objects NASA and other scientific bodies choose to study in space are incredibly old, but that's not the case with Kes 75.…
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NASA Wants You To Make Stuff It Can Send To The Moon
As we've known for several months now, NASA is headed back to the Moon. The administration will be sending all manner of instruments to the…
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Newfound Species Of Ancient Piranha-Like Fish Would Have Made A Meal Of You, Very Slowly
It goes without saying that you could find some pretty dangerous animals if you were to travel back in time tens of millions of years…
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New Study Says Not Exercising Is Pretty Much The Worst Thing You Can Possibly Do
It's no secret that there are a lot of things that can potentially impact your overall health. What food you eat, what habits you adopt…
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A Big Chunk Of Space Junk Came Crashing Down In California, And It's Just Been Identified
When a farmer in Hanford, California took a casual stroll out to his walnut orchard recently, the last thing he expected to find was a…
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Virtual Reality Experience Forces People To Lose Their Jobs And Homes, Boosts Empathy
Reading a news story about an increase in the homeless population might make you feel sad for a moment but if we're all being honest…
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Man's Death Linked To Consumption Of Squirrel Brains
Hunting for your own food can be a rewarding and liberating thing, but knowing where to stop when preparing wild game for consumption is obviously…
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