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NIH Sends Almost One-Fifth of Its Research Chimpanzees Into Retirement
The National Institutes of Health has retired 110 chimpanzees of a total of 563
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The End of Balloons
With helium reserves running low, some scientists are calling for drastic measures, including the reduction of balloon use
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Diamond Mines Are a Paleo-Climate Scientist’s Best Friend
A column of magma worked its way up from the mantle and drilled its way to the surface, bedazzling itself with diamonds that it picked up along the way
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After Summer Cyclone, Arctic Sea Ice Reaches New Low
On September 16, sea ice reached record lows in the Arctic, covering an area of just 3.41 million square kilometers or 1.32 million square miles
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Artist Builds House, Invites Partiers to Trash It
Can a party ever be art?
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These Thin Sections of Rock Look Like Beautiful Stained Glass
The beautiful MicROCKScopica project was created by Bernardo Cesare, a professor of petrology and a photographer, who combined his talents in an absolutely stunning way
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The Best Bits of XKCD’s Really, Really Big Comic
Cartoonist Randall Munroe designed a giant world that can be explored in the comic by clicking and dragging
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The Deadly Side of Moonshine
The Czech Republic is issuing a ban on all alcoholic drinks with a 20% or higher alcohol content in the wake of 20 deaths
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The Real World Versions of Revolution’s Dystopian Cities
A new TV show looks very dystopian, but there are places that resemble Revolution's landscape in the world today
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68-Year-Old Explorer Plans to Cross Antarctica…in Winter
Sir Ranulph Fiennes will traverse Antarctica by ski, in the middle of winter
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Mysterious Spheres on Mars Are ‘Crunchy on the Outside’ And ‘Softer in the Middle’
Opportunity had found an unusual rock formation on Mars
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Meet the National Zoo’s Newest Panda Cub
Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
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