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The strange case of the phantom Pokemon

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Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue

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Why The Internet Thinks This Sports Car Mogul Might Have Been The Zodiac Killer

Les Misérables was born of one of the riskiest—and shrewdest—deals in publishing history

The Trouble with Innocence

Hubble Spots Two Interacting Galaxies Defying Cosmic Convention

Why Apollo astronaut Alan Bean is confident that aliens exist, but haven’t visited Earth

The Wall Street Informant Who Double-Crossed the FBI

NASA: Sea Ice Extent Sinks to Record Lows at Both Poles

Scientists closely monitor the last member of a species

Drug ‘reverses’ ageing in animal tests

Russian Scientists Map 7,000 Underground Methane Bubbles

Why Does Mount Rushmore Exist?

Streaks on Martian slopes might not be caused by water

Large Hadron Collider discovers five hidden subatomic particles

On the Origin of High-Sodium Species

What It’s Like to Watch Your Life’s Work Blow Up on a Rocket

A San Francisco startup just created the world’s first lab-grown chicken

Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel

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Let there be light: Germans switch on ‘largest artificial sun’

The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York. So what killed it?

During the Cold War, the U.S. Army replaced anti-aircraft artillery with nuclear missiles

Breaks Observed in [Curiosity] Rover Wheel Treads

The Hollywood Exec and the Hand Transplant That Changed His Life

These Parrots Can Make Other Parrots ‘Laugh’—a First

How one performance-enhancing sandwich has spread through the NBA

Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker

How Aristotle Created the Computer

There and back again: SpaceX to make history by re-flying orbital rocket

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Daily consumption of tea may protect the elderly from cognitive decline, study suggests

Archaeologists find evidence that humans cooked and ate humans in an ancient cave

Mars Volcano, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time

We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost?

Casanova’s memoirs reveal a man greater than the sum of his ‘conquests’

Stephen Hawking will travel to space on board Richard Branson’s ship, professor says (autoplay video)

The Future Called: We’re Disgusting And Barbaric

Mini-nukes and mosquito-like robot weapons being primed for future warfare

This Discovery Might Have Just Pushed Back the Evolution of Complex Life by 400 Million Years

The Most Gruesome Government Report Ever Written Evaluates 34 Ways to Execute a Man

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