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Harvard Researchers Propose Odd Theory: Could Aliens Walk Among Us?

Some Harvard researchers are considering the possibility that aliens...
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Lab Grows Diamonds in 15 Minutes

They don’t make them like they used to —...
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Exploration Mysteries: The Marfa Lights

There's something spooky happening way out in the desert,...
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Single and Ready to Mingle: World’s Loneliest Plant Seeks Mate

If you think it's rough out there for single...
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Students Find Oldest Stars in the Universe

Undergrads from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Are Sharks Really Attracted to Human Blood? This YouTuber Finds Out

Does the smell of human blood really whip sharks...
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Researcher Steps on 100 Pit Vipers (For Science!)

The jararaca is one of South America's most venomous...
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Mt. Erebus: Fountain of Gold, Heart of Darkness

It turns out that Mount Erebus spews a fortune...
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New Theory Gets Us One Step Closer to Understanding the Origins of Life

We know a lot about the origins of the...
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Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace

When scientists discovered the asteroid Kamo'oalewa in 2016, they...
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Cyborg Cockroaches Programmed to Move in Formation

In an experiment out of The Terminator, scientists released...
Illustration of the system that revealed the existence of Gaia-BH3.

Milky Way’s Biggest Black Hole 33 Times Bigger Than Our Sun

In the career of an astronomer, it’s hard to...
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Climate Change Plays Havoc with Trees’ Internal Clocks

Most people associate circadian rhythms and internal clocks with...
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U.S. Girds For Cicada Invasion

This year, a rare cicada event will take place...
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Vostok Island: The Black Hole for Birds

Is Vostok Island a black hole in the Pacific...
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How the Moon Once Turned Inside Out

There are a lot of fairytales about the Moon,...
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Ancient Tapeworm Trapped in Resin Could Trigger Jurassic Park Scenario

Parasitologists in China have discovered one of the world’s...
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Medieval Cemetery Yields Secrets of Elite Horse Trade

In medieval London, horses acted as the vehicular currency...
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Barcode Birds: Chickadees Use Cranial Coding to Find Cached Food

The familiar black-capped chickadee spends its winters digging up...
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Climate Change is Slowing Down Time

There are those who contend time isn’t real, while...
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Sweet Spot in Size Lets Cheetahs Run So Fast

What makes a cheetah so fleet? According to one...
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Museum Creates Free Online 3D Scans of 13,000 Vertebrates

The dissection industry just took a major hit. The Florida...
The pink fairy armadillo.

The Pink Fairy Armadillo: A Unique Mammal with Two Layers of Skin

The pink fairy armadillo is the smallest species of...

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