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New data from the Mars Trace Gas Orbiter shows just the flight there and back alone will expose astronauts to 60 percent the lifetime radiation dose
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The lava lake in the Halema‘uma‘u crater is gone and lava flows from Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater have stopped
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Traces of fat found on a 558-million-year-old fossil suggest <em>Dickinsonia</em> was an animal rather than fungus, plant or single-celled protozoa
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The ravenous insect repeatedly returned to the hunting site, suggesting praying mantises may be capable of complex learning
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These reviled insects are adding another charge to their rap sheet: ferrying harmful microplastics ingested from contaminated water
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As of noon Wednesday, the Department of Environmental Quality had identified 21 flooded lagoons actively releasing hog waste into the environment
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A new study suggests that the "nuclear pasta" found in neutron stars is 10 billion times stronger than steel
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Olympic National Park's mountain goats are moving to saltier pastures
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"Fascinating, Captain"
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Yusaku Maezawa hopes to recruit six to eight artists for the week-long mission, which is expected to launch as early as 2023
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Genetic testing exposes three major cartels illegally trafficking ivory out of several African countries
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Researchers believe a disk of dust from a supernova or a pulsar wind nebula could explain the strange energy signal
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Five gray tree squirrels in Wisconsin were found with their tails hopelessly knotted together, requiring some help from a wildlife rehab
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Mice with engineered versions of the CMAH gene exhibited 30 percent better endurance than those without
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Both animals' fur, skin and muscle are almost perfectly preserved
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The narwhal was seen frolicking with its beluga buddies some 600 miles south of its normal range
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The Sunspot Observatory in New Mexico was closed for ten days due to a 'security threat,' though aliens and solar flares have been ruled out
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Amphipods wear the so-called sea angels, which secrete chemicals that keep certain predators at bay, like backpacks
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The satirical awards celebrate some of the strangest scientific research
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After analyzing the woman’s skeleton, researchers unlocked her past as an ancient Greek artisan
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