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Baby Alaskan Fur Seals Are Thriving Atop a Bubbling Undersea Volcano

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The high-stress, low-reward world of the page turner

Pigs recorded using tools for the first time

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Ancient Greek Scroll’s Hidden Contents Revealed Through Infrared Imaging

Lab-made primordial soup yields RNA bases

Implanted memories teach birds a song

It’s time to ban cars from Manhattan

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When a secret president ran the country [USA]

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