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Social media users help scientists figure out how to accurately forecast geomagnetic events
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Meet Morgan, whose 3-week trek shows anti-poaching efforts could be working
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Japanese scientists discovered a microbe that digests one of the most common plastics
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Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos
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Originally scheduled for this month, NASA now plans to launch the probe in 2018
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Scientists finally figured out how the tiny aquatic creature opens its mouth to eat
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The massive, old trees were hiding in plain sight in the woods of a spectacular mansion
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Despite the positive intentions behind relocation, conservationists worry that it will hurt the tortoises more than it helps
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A new experiment shows that with a little help, soil on Mars could readily support agriculture
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Parts of the pacific and Indonesia went dark last night as the moon moved directly between Earth and the sun
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Patterns in ancient shipwrecks are helping scientists fill in the gaps of the patchy hurricane records
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As Earth moves between Jupiter and the sun, the gas giant will outshine the stars
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It's a give-and-take relationship: alligators may chow down on a few chicks, but they keep predators at bay
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From winding brain pathways to sparkling moth scales, these evocative images both teach and amaze
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A new Boeing prototype lavatory zaps germs with UV rays
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Scientists think that chimps throwing and stacking stones at hollow trees may be evidence of early rituals
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Volcanic upheaval could explain some of the mysteries of Mars’ strange surface
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Though the actual eclipse can only be seen from select locations, don't miss the live stream of the event online
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Previously-undiscovered octopus spotted hanging out on the ocean floor
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Look back in time with a glimpse at a galaxy that's 13.4 billion light years away
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