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How the Humble Hydra Lives, As Far as We Know, Forever

Hydra don’t seem to die of old age. But why?

The ruins of Tokat Castle in northern Turkey.

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Archaeologists Think They’ve Found the Dungeon Where Dracula Was Kept

Vlad the Impaler was likely held captive in Turkey’s Tokat Castle

The Aral Sea as of August 19, 2014. The black outline shows the lake's extent in 1960.

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The Aral Sea Is Pretty Much Gone

The fourth largest lake in the world is less than a tenth of its former size

An endangered green sea turtle in Hawaii that has contracted fibropapillomatosis.

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Pollution From Hawaii Is Giving Sea Turtles Gross, Deadly Tumors

Nitrogen runoff gets into the turtles’ food and causes tumors on their faces, flippers and organs

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Enough Ice Has Melted in Antarctica to Alter the Earth’s Gravity

The gravity loss is tiny but indicates big changes in ice coverage

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Apollo-Era Data Is Helping Scientists Look for Gravitational Waves

Seismometers that were placed on the moon during the Apollo program collected data that is being used by physicists today

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Movie Theaters Boycott Netflix’s First Feature Film

AMC, Regal, Carmike and Cinemark thumb their nose at Netflix’s upcoming sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

Children accompanying the funeral procession of teenage migrant Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez make their way to the cemetery, north of Guatemala City.

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Nearly 6,000 Migrants Have Died Along the Mexico-U.S. Border Since 2000

More than 40,000 migrants have died around the world

Thousands of walruses gathered at a beach in Point Lay, Alaska.

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35,000 Walruses Are Crowding Onto One Alaskan Beach

Some animals have already been killed on the beach, most likely by stampedes

Thank Soil Microbes for White Truffles’ Heavenly Aroma

Bacteria produce the signature smell that truffle-sniffing dogs and pigs pick up on

Part of a 600-year-old canoe was found in New Zealand, featuring this rare carving of a sea turtle.

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One Very Old Canoe Could Help Explain How Polynesian Sailors Colonized New Zealand

New climate analysis and a very old canoe help researchers understand how the Polynesians got around

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Why Eye Contact Makes You Squirm

Catching someone else’s eye makes us more self conscious about our bodies

A different Wyandotte chicken, this one still with head firmly attached.

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Mike the Chicken Lived for 18 Months Without a Head

In 1945, a decapitation gone awry gave birth to Miracle Mike

Memorial in London dedicated to the memory of the people who died in the bombings of July 7, 2005

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To Detect Bombs Before They’re Used, Sweden Is Looking at Its Sewers

The EU’s Emphasis Project is designed to detect people manufacturing IED’s

Children wade through flood waters in northern India in July 2013.

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Which of 2013’s Many Natural Disasters Can We Blame on Climate Change?

The ongoing California drought may, or may not, be due to climate change

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Wildlife Around the World Has Declined by About 50 Percent Since 1970

Fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are disappearing quickly

Blood vessels of the neck and head

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Blood Vessels Left Imprint on 2,000 Year Old Mummy

An Egyptian mummy’s skull contains the imprint of blood vessels surrounding its brain

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What Should the Price of Visiting Wilderness Be?

If passed, HR 5204 could introduce widespread fees for entering formerly free public lands

Bob Dylan in 1964

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Scientists Are Sneaking Bob Dylan Lyrics Into Their Writing

Everyone likes goofy intra-office rivalries, even scientists

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This Drone Could Live on Your Wrist And Help You Take Selfies

Holding a camera at arms length is so passe

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