Phosphine on Venus: Possible sign of life stirs up heated debate

On this day in 1979 two families escaped East Germany via unconventional means

To protect this rare underground orchid, researchers are keeping its location top secret

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Growing gold nanoparticles inside tumors can help kill cancer

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‘I’ve never seen or heard of attacks’: scientists baffled by orcas harassing boats

Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem

On this day in 1848 a man survived a steel rod through the skull

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A clone of the endangered Przewalski’s horse is born of DNA saved for 40 years

How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?

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The 20-Year Hunt for the Man Behind the Love Bug Virus

How UFO culture took over America

Did Hurricanes Save America?

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Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families.

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Elderly ball python lays eggs ‘without male help’

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Nanoclay: the liquid turning desert to farmland

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The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals

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Chemistry detectives figured out how to best preserve and display Edvard Munch’s The Scream

On this day in 1973 an ambitious 70s era cybernetic experiment was prematurely terminated

Not aliens but ORCs: What are these mysterious giant radio rings in the sky?

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How the French Revolution created the metric system

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Surprise: Neutron Stars And White Dwarf Stars Aren’t Actually Stars

The remarkable ways animals understand numbers

The Most Common Pain Relief Drug in The World Induces Risky Behaviour, Study Suggests

Strongest magnetic field in universe directly detected by X-ray space observatory

Particles As Big as Softballs Ejected From Asteroid Bennu Seem to Do the Impossible

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How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

The Magical Art of Selling Soap

Jet-age glamour was more than just aesthetic: its promise of motionless movement reshaped perception of time and space

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How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found

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Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us

A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin

Ancient boardgames: Experts find the missing piece (but can’t figure out how to play)

Meteorite craters may be where life began on Earth, says study

Researchers may have finally found evidence for sleep in sharks

Another Chinese rocket falls near a school, creating toxic orange cloud

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