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Scientists Built the World’s Smallest House
Even a mite wouldn’t fit inside this itty-bitty structure
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Brush up on Your Scuba Certification—This Florida Museum Is Entirely Underwater
The Underwater Museum of Art will permanently exhibit seven sculptures in the Gulf coastal waters off Walton County, Florida
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Meet NASA’s New Dynamic Duo: A Pair of Climate Change-Tracking Satellites
The pair will measure changes in Earth’s gravitational field to monitor melting glaciers, rising seas, droughts and more
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Hitler’s Teeth Confirm He Died in 1945
The first examination of Hitler’s teeth permitted in 70 years shows the complicated dental work matches the Fuhrer’s medical records
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Astronomers Find Signature From the Universe’s Earliest Known Stars
The first lights may have winked to life just 250 million years after the Big Bang
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Is This Backwards-Orbiting Asteroid an Interstellar Visitor?
The space rock could have been captured from another star system during the early days of our solar system
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200,000 Stars Twinkle in First Test Image From NASA’s Planet-Hunting Satellite
Once its cameras are calibrated, TESS will capture 400 times as much sky as this test image
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Hundreds of Blue Whales Are Permanent Residents Off New Zealand’s Coasts
Survey and genetic data show the whales of South Taranaki Bight are a unique population of non-migratory blue whales
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One-Third of the World’s Protected Areas Are Threatened by ‘Intense’ Human Pressure
And that spells trouble for global biodiversity
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Canada Is Now Home to the World’s Largest Stretch of Protected Boreal Forests
The province of Alberta has announced the creation of four new protected parks
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Your Bed Is Dirtier Than a Chimp’s
Human beds have far more bacteria associated with skin, saliva and feces than the nests of our primate cousins
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The Case for Charles Dickens, the Science Communicator
A new exhibition dives into the Victorian novelist’s passion for science
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A Dutch Art Dealer Says He Discovered a New Rembrandt
The claim is supported by 15 leading experts
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Why This Year’s Royal Wedding Cake Won’t Be a Disgusting Fruitcake
Wedding guests of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry can have their cake – and this time they’ll want to eat it, too
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Can an Experimental Ebola Vaccine Put a Stop to the Latest Outbreak?
Over 4,000 doses of the vaccine have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Researchers Decipher Two Hidden Pages of Anne Frank’s Diary
They contain her musings on sex education and four ‘dirty’ jokes
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The Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation May Have to Auction Off Precious Artifacts
A bloodstained pair of gloves, which the president wore on the night of his assassination, is among the relics that could be sold to pay off a hefty loan
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These Lizards Evolved Toxic Green Blood
The strange trait has developed four separate times and may protect the skinks from certain malaria strains
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Why There’s a Japanese Whisky Shortage
There’s surging demand and limited supply of the most popular of the Japanese libations
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Greenland’s Ice Provides a Year-By-Year Account of the Roman Empire’s Economy
A new study finds that lead levels from Roman silver production rise and fall in relation to the Empire’s political and economic changes
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