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Could Straight Lightning Be a Sign of Dark Matter?

A group of scientists say the phenomenon could indicate dark matter speeding through our world at more than 300 miles a second

Cerne Abbas Giant Dates to Late Saxon Period

A new analysis of the 180-foot-tall Cerne Abbas Giant dates the English landmark to between 700 and 1100 A.D.

Owl Documented for First Time Since 1892

The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl is inspiring scientists and researchers after its brief rediscovery

The True Story Behind 'The Underground Railroad'

The adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel reimagines the eponymous trail to freedom as an actual train track

Wild Inside the National Zoo: The Future of Maned Wolves

After three years of being paired, maned wolves Echo and Zayda produced two new pups at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Breeding this threatened species in captivity has always been difficult, but research into canid in-vitro fertilization at the Cornell-Smithsonian Joint Graduate Training Program could change that

Could Straight Lightning Be a Sign of Dark Matter? — Could Straight Lightning Be a Sign of Dark Matter?

A group of scientists say the phenomenon could indicate dark matter speeding through our world at more than 300 miles a second

Cerne Abbas Giant Dates to Late Saxon Period — Cerne Abbas Giant Dates to Late Saxon Period

A new analysis of the 180-foot-tall Cerne Abbas Giant dates the English landmark to between 700 and 1100 A.D.

Owl Documented for First Time Since 1892 — Owl Documented for First Time Since 1892

The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl is inspiring scientists and researchers after its brief rediscovery

The True Story Behind 'The Underground Railroad' — The True Story Behind 'The Underground Railroad'

The adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel reimagines the eponymous trail to freedom as an actual train track

Wild Inside the National Zoo: The Future of Maned Wolves — Wild Inside the National Zoo: The Future of Maned Wolves

After three years of being paired, maned wolves Echo and Zayda produced two new pups at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Breeding this threatened species in captivity has always been difficult, but research into canid in-vitro fertilization at the Cornell-Smithsonian Joint Graduate Training Program could change that

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