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Chile Designates 10 Million Acres of Land as National Parks
Spurred by the donation of 1 million acres of privately owned land, the country is adding two national parks to its system
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Amateur Astronomer Finds Long-Lost NASA Satellite
The hobbyist was in search of the lost Zuma satellite when he spotted IMAGE, which went offline in 2005
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Billions of Pieces of Plastic Spread Disease in Coral Reefs
A new study has highlighted the scope of plastic pollution
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Alaska’s Earthquake Caused Endangered Desert Pupfish to Spawn
Nevada’s critically endangered fish are in an unseasonable spawn after the earthquake set their home rippling
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Wildlife Burned in California Fires Get Fish Skin Bandages
Two bears and a cougar cub are recovering with their wounds wrapped in tilapia skin
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Don’t Miss This Celestial Triplet: a Blue Moon, Supermoon and Lunar Eclipse
January’s second full moon will appear slightly larger during its blood-red lunar eclipse
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Rocket Lab Launched This Glittery Sphere Into Orbit
The sphere reflects so much sunlight it can be seen from Earth with the naked eye
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Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys, Breaking New Ground in a Controversial Field
It is the first time that scientists have successfully cloned primates using a method known as somatic cell nuclear transfer
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Extremely Rare (and Peculiar) Fish Found Off Coast of Tasmania
The new population could double the known numbers of these oddball creatures
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Researchers Find a Chunk of North America Stuck to Australia
When an ancient supercontinent broke apart the Queensland peninsula may have gotten left behind
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Cats Can Be Right or Left-Pawed
A new study has found that ‘lateral bias’ in cats may be linked to gender
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Meteorite Hunters Recover Fragments of Fireball That Exploded Over Michigan
Amateurs and professionals comb snowy landscapes for shards of the exploded meteor
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Why Did Alaska’s Big Quake Lead to a Tiny Tsunami?
Geophysics, plate tectonics and the vast ocean all determine how severe a tsunami may be
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Simply Exhaling May Spread Flu
A new study suggests the virus is found in tiny airborne particles that can be released while breathing
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New Study Suggests Lifestyle Shapes Our Ability to Name Odors
In the Malay Peninsula, researchers compared the vocabulary of the Semaq Beri hunter-gathering population and the Semelai, who are horticulturalists
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In Stellar Tribute, Astronauts Teach “Lost Lessons” From Educator Who Died on Challenger
Christa McAuliffe had planned to teach the lessons during her 1986 trip to space. Now, two astronauts will finally carry out the plan
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Behold Hubble’s Best Image of a Distant Galaxy Yet
The galaxy is roughly 13.3 billion light years away, and formed just 500 million years after the universe began
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Astronomers Spy a Black Hole’s Double ‘Burp’
New observations suggest that black holes cycle between activity and rest
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The U.K. Now Has a “Minister for Loneliness.” Here’s Why It Matters
Tracey Crouch will oversee the government’s efforts to tackle “the sad reality of modern life”
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