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Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Ended in Gruesome Cannibalism
New bone analysis suggests crew resorted to eating flesh, then marrow
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This Video of Lightning in Slow Motion is Strangely Entrancing
Hypnotize yourself with lightning at 2,000 frames per second
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Snotbots will make mucus collection less stressful for whales
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The First Malaria Vaccine Could Be Released Soon
The vaccine isn’t as effective as hoped however, and needs several more approvals
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New Horizons Snaps a Final Shot of Pluto
So long, dwarf planet!
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Carbon Dating Reveals One of the Oldest Known Copies of the Quran
Manuscript fragments found in U.K. library were written between 568 and 645
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A List of All the Times People Have Tried to Build a Working Tricorder
Star Trek-style scanning has been a bit more complicated than expected
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Your Pupils May Expand When You Daydream
But researchers aren’t totally sure why or how the two are connected
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Brain-Eating Amoebas May Kill You With Help from Your Own Immune System
The amoeba’s presence in the brain triggers swelling that may do more harm than good
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Bakers Are Still Searching for the Perfect Egg Replacement
Egg prices are hitting record highs, raising demand for substitutes
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Don’t Freak Out Over the Funky Flowers That Appeared Near Fukushima
The odd appearance is due to a plant disorder called fasciation
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An Explosion at a National Lab is Being Linked to Meth
A former combustion research lab seems to have been used for a very different purpose: cooking methamphetamine
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Listen to 98 hours of Shakespeare’s Poems and Plays Performed by Great Actors
The playlist includes the voices of Edith Evans, Dylan Thomas, Orson Welles and Sir Ian McKellen
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This Plant Calls to Bats So They Will Poop in it
Specially shaped reflectors bounce back the squeaks of echolocating bats
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Why Are People Still Using Asbestos?
The story holds parallels with that of the tobacco industry
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Researchers are Fitting Rhinos With Hidden Horn Cameras
One non-profit wants to outfit the animals with cameras and heart rate monitors to save them
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