Dozens Dead After Volcano Erupts In Guatemala
All eyes have been on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano as it continues to pour molten rock from a number of fissures in the ground, but another…
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There's A Scientific Reason Why You Should Talk To Your Dog In A 'Baby Voice'
It's a well-known quirk of human nature that adults tend to talk to babies in an over-the-top, cartoony tone of voice. Science calls it "infant-directed…
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NASA Spacecraft Captures Evidence Of Frozen Methane Dunes On Pluto
Pluto might not be an official planet anymore but that doesn't mean the frozen world is any less interesting from a scientific perspective. The dwarf…
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Canadian Scientist Demands Protection For Historical Sites On Other Planets
For all the great things humans have accomplished on Earth — you know, civilization and all that stuff — we've still managed to kind of…
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Dino-Killing Asteroid Crater Almost Immediately Became A Cradle Of Life
When the asteroid that struck the present-day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico reach the Earth it made life incredibly difficult for just about every living thing.…
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SpaceX Delays Falcon 9 Launch For Second Time, Now Targeting June 4th
SpaceX has had a very, very busy year thus far. The company's steady diet of rocket launches has gone exceedingly well — aside from a…
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Scientists Discover 'Mother Of All Lizards' In The Alps
Sometimes it's hard to imagine what the Earth was like when massive beasts like the Tyrannosaurus rex freely roamed the land, but it can be…
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Sex On Mars Is Going To Be Risky, But It Could Create A New Human Subspecies
The idea of a colony of humans on Mars isn't just science fiction anymore; NASA and space agencies around the world, along with independent scientists…
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Scientists Just Found A 'Reptilian Mammal' Fossil In Utah And It Could Shake Up Earth's History
If you even sort of paid attention in geography class you already know that the Earth didn't always look like it does today. At one…
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AI Is Now Better At Detecting Skin Cancer Than Human Doctors
Modern medicine pushes forward thanks to the efforts of doctors and scientists who develop new tools, techniques, and methods for diagnosing and treating ailments, but…
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Unluckiest Man On The Planet Survived Pompeii Eruption Only To Be Crushed By A Falling Rock
When Mount Vesuvius erupted way back in the year AD 79, it was one of the most catastrophic events that humans had ever experienced up…
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Chinese 'UFO' Found Crashed In A Forest Turns Out To Be Space Trash
With that incredibly strange UFO report and jaw-dropping video from the US Navy still fresh in everyone's minds, news out of China that a UFO…
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Hawaii's Kilauea Eruption Is Shrouding Distant Islands In 'Vog'
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been erupting for pretty much the entire month of May, slowly oozing molten rock out of several fissures in the ground.…
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Scientists Now Know Exactly Where To Look For Fossils On Mars
Nobody knows for sure whether or not life had ever taken root on Mars. The dry, dusty planet doesn't seem like a particularly hospitable place…
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Take A Swig Of Cockroach Milk, The Next Great Food Trend
Tired of seeing "gluten free" on every box at your local grocery store (even though it has absolutely no benefit for 99% of the population)?…
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Here's What A NASA Camera Sees Just Before It Dies
When NASA's GRACE satellites headed skyward aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier this month, everything went relatively smoothly. That is, unless you were one…
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These Were The Only Birds That Survived The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
When the asteroid that struck the Earth in Chicxulub, Mexico, slammed into the surface some 66 million years ago it made life incredibly difficult for…
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Is Pluto Really Just A Giant Comet?
Pluto has had a pretty interesting past few decades. Long considered the ninth official planet, astronomers who redefined what "planet" really means decided to reclassify…
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New Report Reveals Even More Freaky Details About The UFO That Shocked The US Navy
UFO sightings are a dime a dozen these days, and they have been for a while, but back in December the New York Times released…
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Uh-Oh, NOAA's Brand New Weather Satellite Is Already Broken
Remember that awesomely powerful new weather satellite that delivered this really cool lightning-tracking video earlier this week? Yeah, so, funny story, it might already be…
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Destroyed This Photographer's Camera, But Not Before It Captured An Awesome Shot
Photographing a rocket launch is a tricky thing. Getting a great shot from a distance is easy, but if you want a truly world-class photo…
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Scientists Are About To Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster's DNA, But They're Not Exactly Hopeful
Once one of the hottest mythical creatures on the block, the Loch Ness Monster has fallen out of favor in recent years. Sightings of the…
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One Incredibly Brave Man Is Going To Attempt To Swim Across The Pacific Ocean
Doing a dozen laps at the local county pool is enough to leave most of us slightly winded and needing a break, but Ben Lecomte…
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Photographer Captures Incredible Moment A Bald Eagle Accidentally Scooped Up A Baby Fox
Mother Nature can be a pretty scary thing, especially if you're a tiny little fox in the crosshairs of a mighty Bald Eagle. One young…
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Creepy Killer Worms Are Invading France And Probably Also Your Nightmares
Scientists are great at observing invasive species when they're above ground, but as the 1990 horror film Tremors taught us it's much more difficult to…
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Here's How Much All Life On Earth Weighs, And How Insignificant Humans Are By Comparison
Ever wonder how much mass the entirety of Earth's lifeforms weigh? No? Well, scientists definitely do, and a new study published in the Proceedings of…
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Watch SpaceX Deliver NASA's Gravity-Sniffing GRACE Satellites Into Orbit Today
SpaceX is continuing its rapid-fire schedule of rocket launches today with a dual-purpose mission to deliver satellites for both NASA and its communications client Iridium.…
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