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Dogs and cats have never been the best of friends, but 9 million years ago they at least lived in harmony together
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Our minds find it incredibly difficult to appreciate how the world looks to someone who doesn't know it yet
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Just like human jobs, mine-sniffing dolphins are being replaced by robots
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NASA will email or text you to let you know when the ISS will be in your area
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Sometimes you just want a skeleton
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If Bram Stoker were alive today, he'd be 165—pretty young for a vampire
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How do astronauts capture such amazing photos? What gear do they use? What problems do they run in to?
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Finger-censor "whiskers" could someday help blind people sense surrounding objects like a rodent
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Science explains the dynamics behind bold pairings of complementary colors
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Researchers tease out the secret behind blind mole rats' resistance to cancer
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Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
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Using your hands, a Microsoft Kinect, and some laser tweezers, you can push around nanoscale objects
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New research makes the previously-tangential relationship between fracking and earthquakes much more firm
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If anyone can find Bigfoot, it's probably the drones
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Independently of President Barack Obama's win last night, this year's campaign was one in which numbers trumped gut
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On recent study suggests that, like many other situations in which there is enforcement of a rule - excessive celebration calls might have something to do with race
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Sociology wasn't always the brunt of jokes from other scientists
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Before getting naked and having sex in front of a camera, porn stars have to go through three checks - all for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
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A one-megawatt solar power plant now provides150% of the electricity demand of a small Pacific island nation
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