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NASA Delays Artemis; First Woman Won’t Touch Moon Until 2026

The ambitious Artemis project to carry the first woman...
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Forget Everything You Knew: Neptune’s Not Blue

Earth may be the “blue planet” — but for...
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Dress Code: Enigma Hidden in Antique Garment Finally Unravels

When one fashion collector bought a stately Victorian dress...
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Avian Flu Kills Polar Bear in Alaska

Alaska wildlife officials recently reported the first case of...
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Ancient Scythians Used Human Flesh to Make War Implements

From a letter opener fashioned with a Japanese WWII...
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Giant Crocodile Jumps Into Fisherman’s Boat

Nature's had enough of humans and their boats. First,...
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Lights, Camera…Aurora! Check Out The Best Northern Lights Pics of 2023

Few genres of photography stir the urge to go...
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How Spiders Dash Straight For Shore When They Fall in Water

Biologist Brian Gall was out for an afternoon of...
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Ancient Skeleton From Southern Russia Surprises UK Scientists

When workers on a British road improvement project excavated...

Discovered: The Real Octopus’s Garden

Yet another marvel of planet Earth has been revealed...
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Have a Peep at Kilian Jornet’s 2023 Stats

Kilian Jornet’s reputation precedes him. You don’t need me...
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Montreal Mother Breaks Underwater Model Depth Record

Canadian philanthropist and real estate investor Kim Bruneau had...
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Chinese Organizers Jailed Over 2021 Ultramarathon That Killed 21 Runners

An infamous 2021 ultra-marathon that tragically killed 21 people...
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Probe Finds Strange Organic Material on Hazardous Asteroid

Bennu is a rubble-pile asteroid that hurtles closely past...
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Morning People are (Partly) Neanderthals, Study Finds

Do you like to get up before the dawn?...
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Watch NASA’s Orion Capsule Slam Into the Atmosphere at the Speed of Sound

NASA’s Artemis mission will put humanity back on the...
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Discovery of Space Tomato Relieves Record-Breaking Astronaut From Fracas

The discovery of an extraterrestrially harvested tomato has finally...
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The Encyclopedia of Surfing is a Whirlpool of History Worth Getting Sucked Into

Every human activity and pastime has a record keeper,...
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Amateur Searchers Find Palace of King Henry VII’s Mother

A group of archaeology enthusiasts deep in interior England...
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Sleepy Bears Stagger Around Siberia as Hibernation Stalls

Bears in eastern Russia’s Amur region can’t seem to...
Axolotl, a peculiar salamander

Forever Young But Almost Extinct: The Fight to Save Axolotls

The axolotl is one of the world’s only neotenic...
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Novice Kayaker Shatters 30-Year-Old Record on Australia’s Longest River

Dave Alley doesn't consider himself a kayaker. Yet the...
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‘Witch Bottles’ Keep Washing Ashore on the Texas Coast

For a beachcomber, life takes place between one random...
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Rare Footage Captures Aging Orca’s Peaceful Last Moments

Watching the death of a noble creature is one...

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