‘Monstrous’ new Russian saber-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammal lineage

Gallery: Abandoned ‘ghost village’ in China becomes overgrown

The Shocking Legacy of America’s Worst Modern-Day Lynching

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Suicide rates rise sharply across the United States, new report shows

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China Is Genetically Engineering Monkeys With Brain Disorders

Anthony Bourdain didn’t just teach us how to travel. He taught us how to live

Scientists solve lunar mystery with aid of missing moon tapes

NASA’s New Exoplanet Travel Bureau Lets You “Tour” Far-Distant Planets In 360 Degrees

These Are the Oldest Known Footprints on the Planet

Video: The bizarre ripples that form in a stream of water

Monty Hall in the Wild

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Nasa Mars rover finds organic matter in ancient lake bed

Hot Heads: Why Mammals Need R.E.M. Sleep

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Scientists hope to unlock medical marvels with a 100-million fps camera

Researchers have created a laser that can ‘smell’ different gases within a sample

Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning

Neighboring Alpha Centauri stars look friendly to life

White Manager Pleads Guilty to Forcing Black Cook to Work for Years Without Pay

New Theory Attempting to Debunk ‘Planet Nine’ Mystery Shut Down by Expert

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When Bad Things Happen in Slow Motion

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How to spot the secretive activities of rogue fishing boats

New Horizons wakes for historic Kuiper Belt flyby

The big picture: Hurricanes are slowing down, making floods worse

The odd reality of life under China’s all-seeing credit score system

As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust

Murder with Impunity: Where killings go unsolved

A Defense of the Suburbs

The Mysterious Decline of Iceland’s American Invader

The people rethinking methods of execution

There Are Earthquakes Going Off Beneath East Antarctica’s Ice

On this day in 1979 boring Soviet scientists set the still-standing record for the deepest hole ever drilled

Inside Attica Correctional Facility and How Prisons Deal With Mental Health

Is “May You Live In Interesting Times” really an ancient Chinese curse?

Deep in the Pentagon, a secret AI program to find hidden nuclear missiles

Gravitational Waves Reveal the Heart of Neutron Stars

Archived news footage: 50 years ago today Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated

Nipah Virus, Dangerous and Little Known, Spreads in India

Five myths about the refugee crisis

Archeologist Spends Over 35 Years Building Enormous Scale Model of Ancient Rome

How the Ice Age Shaped New York

Thank the moon for Earth’s lengthening day

The Kids Who Are Cleared to Leave Psychiatric Hospitals—But Can’t

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‘Planet 9’ might really be a gang of asteroids shooting comets at us

A debate over plant consciousness is forcing us to confront the limitations of the human mind

What You Told Us About Your Hometown’s Hidden Tunnels

France starts work on revolutionary ‘Alzheimer’s village’ where patients roam almost free

Eugenics today: where eugenic sterilisation continues now

When The U.S. Army Bombed Hawaii’s Volcanoes

Secret to longevity may lie in the microbiome and the gut

Maine man killed in hit-and-run ran over a girl in 1968

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