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Not Exercising Is Worse for You Than Being Obese

A large-scale study estimates that twice as many deaths can be chalked up to lack of exercise than can be blamed on being obese

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Fish Sperm Might Be the Secret to Recycling Rare Earth Elements

Japanese scientists have uncovered an unlikely source to aid in the extraction and recycling of rare earth metals

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Emphasizing Natural Brilliance Might Keep Women Away From Certain Fields

Disparities in science prompted researchers to look into other fields — such as philosophy and economics — as well to find a cause

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Two New Studies Posit At Least Two New Planets Out Beyond Pluto

We may not be done learning about our own solar system

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Shivers Could Be Contagious

Looking at a chilly person could make you cold, too

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World's Loneliest Wolf Is No Longer So Lonely

As conservators work to restore and protect America’s gray wolf population, one wide-ranging male has finally found a pack to call his own

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Toystory the Bull Fathered 500,000 Cows Before He Died

Toystory, a Wisconsin “dream bull,” had more than half a million offspring at last count and is the stuff of legend.

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Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall

It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history

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The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an Infection

A sad fate: Ignes Semmelweis, a maternity doctor who fought for hospital sanitation, died of sepsis

One of many abstract images of the Moon collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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These Photos From a Lunar Orbiter Could Be Abstract Art

Our distant view of the Moon from Earth is nice, but these close-ups are amazing

Bananas (non-GM) at market in Vietnam

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Iowa GMO Banana Trial Halted

Twelve volunteers were supposed to one whole GMO banana each — but so far they have eat zero

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What's the Best Place to Live? It May Depend on Your Personality

Why you'll thrive in some neighborhoods (and feel miserable in others)

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One Orangutan Has Learned to Sound Just Like Us

This defies scientists’ former assumption that great apes just couldn’t learn new calls

James Joyce in 1938.

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Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson

The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings

An illustration depicts a bowhead whale and its calf.

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Listen to Newly Discovered Bowhead Whale Songs

Bowhead songs have been elusive, but researchers managed to record 12 unique songs using hydrophones

Northern long-eared bat

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Some Bat Colonies Might Be Beating White-Nose Syndrome

A few recent discovering on the strange fungus wiping out North American bat colonies give reason to hope

Young boer goats, a meat breed, in Texas

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America's Goats Are Concentrated in Texas

In 2012, famers reported more than 2 million goats living in the U.S.

Shewanella oneidensis

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Some Microbes Can Eat And Breathe Electricity

How many ways can life exist? Some recently discovered microbes can live on a cathode, apparently without the need for a carbon food-source

Cangrande della Scalla was one of the most respected warriors of his day.

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Mummy Feces Solve the Mystery of How Verona's Most Powerful Man Died

Digging deep for the secret behind a medieval warlord's mysterious death

Inside Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2010

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A Museum in England Is Hiding a Forgery Among Its Masterpieces

A South London gallery is asking its patrons to identify the fake in order to spark discussion about how and why we appreciate the art

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