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The spacecraft is out of contact as it begins a series of dramatic orbits between Saturn and its rings
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DNA Could Identify the Sailors (Including Women) of the Doomed Franklin Expedition
New analysis on bone and and tooth fragments will allow researchers to learn more about the ill-fated crew
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“The Scream” Might Have Been Inspired By a Rare Type of Cloud
Did mother-of-pearl clouds stoke a painter’s angst?
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This Caterpillar Can Eat Plastic
The find could lead to new techniques for breaking down our ever-growing plastic waste
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Time-Lapse Video Captures the Breathtaking Glow of Hawaii’s Night Sky
Skyglow allows you to revel in an increasingly rare sight: a starry night
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Cult Filmmaker John Waters Is Hosting a Summer Camp for Adults
It’s as kooky as you might imagine
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Scientists Didn’t Believe in Meteorites Until 1803
The l’Aigle meteorite fall involved more than 3,000 pieces of rock and numerous witnesses, and it changed everything
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Cleveland Museum of Art will Return Stolen Roman Sculpture to Italy
Experts have long voiced concerns about origins of the portrait
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New Orleans Tears Down Controversial Confederate Monuments
A 35-foot obelisk in memory of a white supremacist uprising is no more
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MIT’s ‘Treepedia’ Shows How Green Your City Grows
Using data from Google Street View, researchers created an interactive map that measures tree density on city streets
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The “Hobbits” Could Be Much Older Than Once Thought
The Flores hobbits’ ancestor may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than previously thought
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Found: A Second Parchment Copy of the Declaration of Independence
Likely commissioned in the 1780s by James Wilson, the handwritten copy’s signatory order appears to emphasize national unity
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Hundreds of Thousands of Babies Will Receive World’s First Malaria Vaccine
The pilot program will focus on Kenya, Ghana and Malawi—countries at the center of the global malaria crisis
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Meet the Successor to Hubble That Will Peer Through Time
NASA’s next giant space telescope is due to launch next year
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A Civil War Colonel Invented Fracking in the 1860s
His first invention was an ‘oil well torpedo,’ but it was followed by others
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson Breaks NASA Record for Most Days in Space
She has spent 534 cumulative days (and counting) in orbit
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Amateur Skywatchers Spot New Atmospheric Phenomenon
Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think
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People Have Been Using Big Data Since the 1600s
A humble hatmaker was among the first to compile data on how Londoners lived—and died
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Naked Mole-Rats Can Survive for 18 Minutes Without Oxygen
Just when you thought the wrinkly creatures couldn’t get any stranger
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