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Pollution Beat People to the South Pole
Before people ever made it to the South Pole, a pollutant had beaten us there
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Don’t Worry Mr. Nixon, the National Zoo’s Pandas Figured Out How to Have Sex
President Nixon wanted to make sure Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing had enough time to “learn the ropes”
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It Will Soon Be Legal (Again) To Unlock Your Phone
A new law expected to go into effect soon will make it legal to unlock your phone
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How a Flock of 400 Flying Birds Manages to Turn in Just Half a Second
The birds’ patterns of movement are surprisingly similar to that of superfluid helium
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Saharan Dust Helped Build the Bahamas
Minerals blown off the Sahara fuel the microbes that undergird the Bahaman ecosystem
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This Guy Simultaneously Raised a Chimp and a Baby in Exactly the Same Way to See What Would Happen
When treated as a human, the baby chimp acted like one—until her physiology and development held her back
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Texas Just Started Building the Largest Carbon Capture Facility Ever
The plant will soak up most of the emissions from its coal-fired power production
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These Sexy Geckos are Lost in Space
These lizards have been accidentally left to fornicate all alone among the stars
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A Wyoming Cave Full Of Ice Age Animal Bones is Finally Being Opened To Scientists
After being closed for three decades, a remote sinkhole full of ancient bones will be opened to researchers
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Schadenfreude is a Childish Emotion
Even two-year-olds find the twisted joy in others’ pain
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That Weird Siberian Hole Has a Twin
Melting permafrost can change the land in really strange—and sometimes dangerous—ways
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This Market Along the Burma-China Border Is a Veritable Noah’s Ark of Critically Endangered Animals
Photographer Alex Hofford exposed the extent of the wildlife trade openly taking place at this infamous market
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Shale Oil May be Making Railroad Oil Transport More Dangerous
The rise of shale oil and longer shipping distances have spurred railroad regulators’ push to update oil cars
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Cycle Through History on the Iron Curtain Trail
The trail stretches 4,225 miles from the Barents to the Black Sea
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Creepy Internet-Style Tracking and Targeting Analytics Are Moving into Real Life
A company is using cameras and heat sensors to track people in their store
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Moose may use their antifungal saliva to keep the fungus on their favorite foods in check
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Lasers Make a Fiber Optic Cable Out of Thin Air
Just like a fiber optic cable, without the physical cable
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Another Horribly Botched Execution Reveals Ongoing Flaws in Lethal Drug Cocktails
The execution of Arizona inmate Joseph Wood took nearly two hours
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Playing Outside Enhances Kids’ Love of Nature and Animals
Exposure to the great outdoors could also influence kids’ ideas about the importance of conservation
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