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Scientists Stumble on a New Way to Tackle Carbon Emissions: Turn It Into Alcohol
A surprising new use for nanotechnology essentially reverses combustion
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Italy Has a Free Wine Fountain
Quench your thirst with what could be the world’s most welcome glass of wine
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This Breathtaking Map Traces Hydrogen Throughout the Milky Way
Scientists have made the most detailed map of our home galaxy’s hydrogen currently possible
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Neanderthals May Have Given Us Both Good Genes and Nasty Diseases
DNA analysis shows ancient hominds transmitted genes that may have helped us adapt quicker to Europe and Asia. They also gave us HPV.
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First Dinosaur Fossils Discovered in Alaska’s Denali National Park
Paleontologists found four small fragments of dino fossils, proving the acidic soil 70 million years ago could have preserved bones
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Schiaparelli Mars Lander Likely Crashed on Descent
The European Space Agency lost contact with the Schiaparelli probe after it jettisoned its heat shield and deployed its parachute
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How the Poppy Came to Symbolize World War I
Red blooms help the world commemorate a bloody war
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Cave Paintings Help Unravel the Mystery of the ‘Higgs Bison’
The hybrid bovine has been a missing link in the ancestral tree of modern European bison
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How Many Comedy Writers Does It Take to Help A.I. Tell a Funnier Joke?
Jokesters from Pixar and the Onion are on the case to make artificial intelligence seem more human
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10,000 Scrotum Frogs Found Dead Near Lake Titicaca
Over 10,000 of the world’s largest water frogs were found dead along the Coata River, a tributary of the heavily polluted lake
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What to Know About NASA’s Historic Astronaut Beach House
The famous bungalow is on track to be repaired by 2018 when SpaceX is hoped to launch humans into space once again
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The History of Presidential Politics’ Most Important Dinner Date
For decades, the Al Smith Dinner has helped Catholic voters dine and decide
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Prize-Winning Photos Capture the Big Beauty of a Microscopic World
Nikon’s Small World Photography Competition celebrates the gorgeous details of nature
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A Skeleton Found in a Castle Could Be the Key to Cracking a 17th-Century Cold Case
A murder mystery complete with royal intrigue
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Did a Comet Set Off Global Warming 56 Million Years Ago?
Tiny glass beads found in New Jersey and Bermuda suggest this dramatic warming period began with an impact
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Goodbye, Jia Jia: World’s Oldest Captive Panda Dies at Age 38
Throughout her long life, Jia Jia helped the dwindling number of pandas bounce back
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Hungry for Morel Mushrooms? Head to Yosemite
It turns out that the shriveled shrooms love forests ravaged by fire
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Archaeologists Detect Two Previously Unknown Cavities Beneath Giza’s Great Pyramid
But don’t get too excited just yet
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Uranus May Have Been Hiding Two Moons
Researchers spotted ripples in the planet’s rings, which may be tracks left from two tiny moons
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Countries Agree to Cut Harmful Refrigerants: What You Need to Know
Over the weekend, nearly 200 nations agreed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a super greenhouse gas used in air conditioners and refrigerators
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