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The spinning mass of smoke filmed near Redding, California, is much taller, wider and lasted longer than average fire whirls
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Lathering up with orange goo from millipede guts might relieve infections, expel parasites in lemurs
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The data shows about 1.5 million acres of forest have been affected by surface and mountaintop mining since the 1970s
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The Cerro Esmeralda site, where two human sacrifices were buried, shows traces of cinnabar, a toxic pigment
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The Morne du Tamaris Colony on Île aux Cochons has dropped from 2 million to 200,000 birds over 30 years
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Some northern quolls do not eat deadly cane toads. New research suggests their aversion is an inherited trait
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The scutoid allows skin cells to remain packed tightly together even over curved surfaces
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Skeptics cite possibility of ancient samples’ contamination by contemporary organisms
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Orra’s paintings and drawings depict the natural world in colorful detail
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A new study shows elephants fear bee pheromones, and this fact could keep the pachyderms out of crops
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A court has ruled that plants modified with CRISPR technology are subject to the restrictions of the 2001 GMO Directive
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The simulation could help researchers gain new insight into the fossilization process—without having to wait 10,000 years
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Erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation has, over billions of years, likely covered the entire planet in 10 feet of volcanic dust
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Think of it as ducky day care
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But do the findings hold water?
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider
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The manuscript includes Lovelace’s translation of an Italian paper, her copious notes and a formula that is often recognized as the first computer program
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The dino family emerged 15 million years earlier than previously thought
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The trash was pushed onto Montesinos Beach by a recent storm, but environmentalists say the scene is becoming all the more common
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New simulations show Andromeda absorbed the large galaxy M32p about 2 billion years ago
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