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A statewide ban prohibiting the distribution of single-use plastic bags went into effect on Sunday
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A new Sketchfab collection brings models of fossils, artwork and more into the public domain
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In the wake of a social media storm, experts question a popular plan to dispatch insect-eating birds from China
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"The March" debuts on February 28 at the DuSable Museum in Chicago
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In these crafters' scarves and blankets, rows of color correspond with daily temperature
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Photographer-animator Dimitris Tsalkanis built the city from scratch and posted it online for free
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The tool includes a 45-minute audio performance of the work's General Prologue in Middle English
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The antiquated technique used to produce antivenom requires injecting venom into horses and this new method may someday remove that step from the process
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Media outlets have likened the sound to a "brief groan," a "long, exasperated 'meh' without the 'm,'" and "rather like 'eeuuughhh'"
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The program was slightly better than human radiologists at spotting abnormalities in mammograms
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Although it doesn't taste great, the silicon house highlights the capabilities of electron microscopy
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CHEOPS is the first exoplanet satellite devoted specifically to learning more about the thousands of planets we have already found
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The mission, set to launch in 2025, will be the first to remove a piece of debris from Earth’s lower orbit
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The Tennessee Aquarium's internet-famous eel, Miguel Wattson, is powering Christmas lights in the exhibit
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Scholars have long suspected the play, written in 1613, was a collaborative effort. Now, an algorithm has mapped out who wrote what
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“We’re doing this because climate change is real,” the MTA account wrote on Twitter after a local shared a snapshot of a flooded subway entrance
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A German museum released the digital data to artist Cosmo Wenman after a hoax heist and lengthy legal battle
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The tiny volume, one of six created for a series, will now join four surviving counterparts on view at the Brontë Parsonage Museum
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Earlier this year, a digital-only dress sold at auction for $9,500
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Gale Crater—where the image was captured—was likely covered with lakes and rivers of liquid water around three billion years ago, scientists suggest
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