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South Georgia Island Is Officially Free of Its Bird-Killing Rodents
After 250 years plagued with rats and mice, the island’s birds will hopefully now have the chance to bounce back
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Lunar Dust Might Pose Severe Health Risks to Future Human Colonies on the Moon
Prolonged exposure to lunar dust can cause illnesses like bronchitis and cancer, according to a new study
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Venus and Jupiter May Meddle With Earth’s Orbit and Climate
In 405,000-year cycles, the tug of nearby planets causes hotter summers, colder winters and drier droughts on our home planet
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Massive Sinkhole Opens Up in New Zealand
The gaping chasm has revealed 60,000-year-old volcanic deposits
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Your Summer Vacation Is a Carbon Emissions Nightmare
A new study of tourism supply chains shows that all those flights, zip-line tours and foie gras produce 8 percent of global carbon emissions
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The Sun Will Produce a Beautiful Planetary Nebula When It Dies
A new model of stellar death shows our low-mass star has enough juice to produce a beautiful ring of gas and dust before winking out
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Vegan Kimchi Is Microbially Pretty Close to the Original
A comparison between kimchi made with miso and kimchi made with fish sauce revealed that fermentation equalizes the bacterial communities
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Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Cracks Open Earth, Endangering Neighborhoods With Lava
The area affected by the lava is one of the fastest growing in the state
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Antarctica’s Waters May Soon Harbor a Boom of Baby Humpback Whales
Declining sea ice levels due to climate change may be helping the whales for now
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Peru’s Rainbow Mountain Could Be in Danger Following Surge in Popularity
Up to 1,000 tourists visit the colorful ridge every day. But this influx of people is eroding the nature
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700,000-Year-Old Butchered Rhino Pushes Back Ancient Human Arrival in the Philippines
The find changes the story of human migration, but scientists still don’t know what human species did the cutting
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3-D Scans of Fossil Beaks Show How Modern Birds Came to Be
The early seabird had the sharp teeth of its dinosaur relatives but a bird-like body
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DNA From Ancient Latrines Reveal What People Ate Centuries Ago
By digging in ancient toilets, researchers uncovered genetic material that tells of past diets and diseases
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Researchers Identify How Much Radiation Hiroshima Victims Were Exposed to
The scientists say their research is the first to use a human bone to precisely measure the radiation absorbed by an atomic bombing victim
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Five Things to Know About NASA’s InSight Mission to Mars
This Saturday, the craft will launch on its mission to search for clues about the Red Planet’s interior
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Pakistan’s Searing April Temperatures Set New Global Record
On Monday, the city of Nawabshah reached 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, causing heatstroke, power outages and general misery
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Experience Some of the World’s Most Polluted Cities in This Exhibit
The art installation was recently on display in London
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This Is the Longest Straight-Line Ocean Path Around the Earth
But don’t go hauling your boats out just yet
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Yellowstone’s Biggest Geyser, Steamboat, Has Trio of Eruptions
It’s the first triple eruption in 15 years—but don’t worry, it’s not a sign the Yellowstone volcano is ready to blow
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This Kangaroo Rat Was Just Spotted For the First Time in 30 years
A native to Baja California, the San Quintín kangaroo rat hopped back into researchers’ lives last summer
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