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Scientists discover completely new form of carbon after decades of searching

Effects of psychedelic DMT ‘similar to near-death experiences’

Iron and Titanium Found on ‘Ultrahot Jupiter,’ an Exoplanet First

How Crete changed the course of World War Two

The Deadly Waterfall in the Instagram Age

California v nutria: state seeks to eradicate scourge of giant rodents

The Super Bowl of Beekeeping

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Duke Team Finds Missing Immune Cells That Could Fight Lethal Brain Tumors

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Florida’s Gulf Coast Battles Deadly And Smelly Red Tide

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Reddit sleuth identifies car part leading to hit-and-run arrest

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A French Theme Park Taught Crows To Pick Up Trash

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‘Dormant’ California Supervolcano Packed With 240 Cubic Miles of Magma

Cancer Rarely Strikes Elephants. New Clues Suggest Why.

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Tiny Worms Survive Forces 400,000 Times Stronger Than Gravity on Earth

What’s It Like to Have a New Face? Transplant Recipients Tell Us.

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Scientists uncover secret behind beautiful glowing Bermuda fireworms

Electric flight is coming, but the batteries aren’t ready

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What would it take to become a trillionaire?

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Universal Method to Sort Complex Information Found

After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen’s Polar Ship Returns to Norway

“Random” noise pours cold water on room-temperature superconductivity

Photos: 15 Years Since the 2003 Northeast Blackout

Winged reptiles thrived before dinosaurs

Halfway to boiling: the city at 50C

Hacking The Electric Grid Is Damned Hard

Easter Island’s society might not have collapsed

How Termites Shape the Natural World

The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS

How smallpox claimed its final victim

The winged giant that was bigger than T. Rex

NASA looks to build a robot that can search other planets for bacteria

Designed to deceive: How gambling distorts reality and hooks your brain

In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor

Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world

The Universe as We Understand It May Be Impossible

Growers Are Beaming Over The Success Of Lasers To Stave Off Thieving Birds

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has powerful chorus waves

Inside a Sleazy FBI Sting Involving Diet Clinics, Fitness Models, Money Laundering, and a Supposed Plot to Hire a Hitman

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BBC documentary video: The Hidden Nature of Korea [58:01]

This pill lets you eat as much fat as you want and gain no weight

The terrible ‘what if’: how OCD makes every day a matter of life or death

When Protomammals Ruled Earth

Before They Were Called Automobiles, Cars Had a Lot of Terrible Names

Seattle-Tacoma plane thief ‘had full airport credentials’

“What Have We Done?”: Silicon Valley Engineers Fear They’ve Created a Monster

The cautionary tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle