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Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does
Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
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Fantastic Photos of our Solar System
In the past decade, extraordinary space missions have found water on Mars, magnetic storms on Mercury and volcanoes on the moons of Saturn
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The Ten Most Spectacular Geologic Sites
Smithsonian picks the top natural wonders in the continental United States
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Dampier Rock Art Complex, Australia
On the northwestern coast of Australia, over 500,000 rock carvings face destruction by industrial development
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Emotional Expression in Apes Going Ape
One of the big themes of this year's AAAS meeting was—you guessed it— Charles Darwin
Dispatch from AAAS—Big Fish and other Award-Winning Stories
This weekend, fellow blogger Sarah and I are writing from the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago. It's basically a greatest hits of science conference.
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Ornithological Data From Your Own Backyard
It's time to fill up the birdfeeders, pull out the field guide, and polish your binocular lenses
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Go to the Galápagos, See What Charles Darwin Saw
A senior editor visited the Galapagos - here's what she saw
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