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Researchers are Trying to Harness the Power of Music for Unconscious Patients

Plumbing the depths of the unconscious brain has thus far uncovered more mysteries than answers

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Mysterious Shipwreck Reveals how the Spanish Built Their Boats

Search for Captain Morgan’s fleet turns up treasure trove of Spanish cargo

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Twitter is Helping Scientists Spot More Northern Lights

A new study shows the power of social media to pinpoint where and when auroras occur

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How Feral Donkeys Saved a Lost Hiker’s Life in Death Valley

But not everyone loves shaggy wild donkeys

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Science on a Shoestring: How Cuba’s Researchers Survived the Embargo

Will normalized U.S.-Cuban relations make science easier in the once-isolated country?

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Scientists Flew a Jet Plane Into a Thunderstorm to Study Antimatter

They got a little too close and saw something unexpected

This is Odaraia alata, an arthropod resembling a submarine from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.

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How the Animal got its Head

Ancient brain fossils show how early animals evolved heads.

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Here’s How Video Game Designers Give Voices to Imaginary Creatures

All they need are digital vocal cords, voice box and mouth

European Bison (Bison bonasus) at Prioksko-Terrasnyy Reserve in Russia

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Europe Once Had Bison, and now They’re Making a Comeback

Just like their American cousins, the bison needed help after their numbers were decimated by habitat loss and hunting

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A Recall Has Led to a Black Market for Blue Bell Ice Cream

Ice cream fans are rushing to cash in on a cult favorite

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Scientists Are Stopping Malaria With Viagra

Viagra can help boost the spleen’s ability to filter out infected blood cells

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Malaysia Airlines Search Team Finds Sunken Ship Instead

Still no sign of the missing Flight 370.

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Stop Calling it Bird Flu: World Health Organization Calls for More Care in Naming Diseases

New naming guidelines issued to avoid stigmatizing communities.

Rhodiola rosea

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Alaska is Growing a Plant the Soviet Military Used in Secret Experiments

Golden root, or Rhodiola rosea, is also popular in Siberian folk medicine

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How Do You Figure out Where the Very Center of the United States Is?

Three different places have laid claim to the title since 1901.

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A Third of Animal Mummies Contain no Animals at All

Researchers discover ancient Egyptians peddled fake animal mummies.

An archeologist from Inrap excavates a mass grave below a supermarket in Paris

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Scientists Investigate a Medieval Mass Grave Under a French Supermarket

Renovation work uncovered hundreds of individuals, perhaps all killed by disease at the same time

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Happy Birthday to Inge Lehmann, the Woman Who Discovered Earth’s Inner Core

Pioneering geologist used earthquakes to unravel the mystory of the Earth’s core

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In the Future, We Might Take Sunscreen in Pill Form

A discovery in some fish suggests that sunblocking chemicals could be ingested rather than slathered on

The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial museum.

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This Company is Turning Holocaust Survivor Interviews into Holograms

Researchers are using new technology to keep Holocaust testimonies alive

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