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This Keyboard Lets You Type in Emoji
[heart-shaped eyes] + [clapping hands] + [money bag]
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The Antares Spacecraft Explosion in Horrifyingly Beautiful Detail
New photos show the grim (yet beautiful) blast
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NASA is Hiring Astronauts for Future Deep Space Missions
Do you want to head to Mars?
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Seattle’s Famous ‘Gum Wall’ Is Getting Scraped Clean
An estimated 1,000,000 pieces of chewing gum are stuck to the quirky attraction
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Watch 30 Minutes of Mesmerizing, Ultra-HD Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory stares at the sun so you don’t have to
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New Insights Behind the Sand Dunes That Swallowed a Boy
Scientists have confirmed that fungus-ridden trees are to blame
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Why Russia Is Digging Up The Bones of a 19th-Century Tsar
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This Man Got Cancer from a Tapeworm
A very strange case challenges some assumptions about parasites
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The Tragic Aftermath of Mustard Gas Experiments in World War II
An NPR investigation is looking for victims of the U.S. military tests
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The Irish brewery will no longer use fish bladders to make its beer
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When Kids Played With Alligators in Los Angeles
Babies, dogs and onlookers mixed with snapping reptiles at California’s Alligator Farm
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The Culprits Behind Mysterious Mass Antelope Deaths Finally Exposed
More than half of the world’s endangered saiga antelopes died suddenly on the Central Asian steppes last spring
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A Minecraft World Built for Exploring Chemicals
The new world, called MolCraft, is a virtual chemistry museum
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This Scientist Live-Tweets Cheetah Hunts
Documenting nature in all its beauty, viciousness, hilarity and boredom
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A 2,000-Year-Old Greek Fortress Has Been Unearthed in Jerusalem
The fort played a role in the Jewish revolts that inspired Hanukkah
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Forget the Hazy Clouds—The Internet is in the Ocean
This new video explores the 550,000 miles of cable that keeps the internet humming
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New Fossils Show Ostrich-like Dinosaurs Sported a Coat of Plumage
Bits of ancient feathers and skin still clung to the exquisitely preserved fossils
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This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson
In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved
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Hidden Poop Joke Found in 17th-Century Art Owned By Queen Elizabeth
The newly restored Dutch painting depicts a man relieving himself
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Someone Just Paid $826,000 for the Greatest Cat Painting of All Time
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