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Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent

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Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years

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Scientists Analyzed Penguin DNA And Found Something Quite Remarkable

No, the James Webb Space Telescope Didn’t Find the ‘Oldest Galaxy’ Ever

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