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Hundreds of Sea Turtles Found Dead Off the Coast of El Salvador
Authorities aren’t sure what caused the die-off, but a prime suspect is a toxic algal bloom
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Our Nearest Neighbor Might Harbor Its Own Solar System
New data from Proxima Centauri shows it has a ring of cold dust—a sign that many planets may orbit the distant star
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Brazil Begins Effort to Plant 73 Million Trees in the Amazon
The experiment in reforestation involves spreading native seeds instead of planting saplings
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The Ozone Hole Is the Smallest It’s Been in 30 Years—But We Can’t Take Credit
Warming in the stratosphere has kept away ozone-killing chemicals, reducing annual thinning for the last two years
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Clues for Earthquake Prediction May Be Hiding in Earth’s Molten Core
Researchers propose that irregularities in the core’s rotation could spawn clusters of major quakes
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Corals Seem to Like the “Taste” of Plastic
Corals are attracted to the material not for its coloring, but for one of its many chemicals
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Watch the Winners of the 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. Competition
From sea stars to mathematical braids, scientists translate their work into hot moves and killer choreography
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This Sea Slug Has a Crafty Way of Getting Super-Sized Meals
These colorful creatures prefer to feast on prey that has just eaten
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Stopping the Aging Process May Be Mathematically Impossible
Researchers find that removing low-functioning cells can slow aging—but allows cancer cells to proliferate
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Noisy Colonies Help Bat Babies Learn Different Dialects
A new study has found that baby bats mimic the vocalizations that surround them
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Four-Horned Giraffe Ancestor Unearthed in Spain
The fossil is an unusually complete individual of an ancient giraffid species
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Jupiter’s Auroras Are Surprisingly Out of Sync
X-ray bursts from the poles are expected to line up, but the south is regular while the north produces haphazard bursts
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Why Did Dozens of Octopuses Crawl Onto a Beach in Wales?
Scientists aren’t sure, but recent storms or burgeoning populations might be to blame
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Growing Ice Cracks Force Shutdown of Antarctic Research Station
The British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station will close for the second year due to cracking of the ice
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An A.I. Bot Named “Shelley” Is Generating Spooky Stories on Twitter
And you’re invited to collaborate on her very weird tales
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Celebrate Halloween With These Unsettling Sounds From Outer Space
NASA’s new SoundCloud playlist captures the sounds of planets, comets and plasma waves
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Spiders Give You the Heebie Jeebies? You Might Be Born With That Fear
New research shows that even babies are creeped out by these wriggly critters
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Reached Record High in 2016
World Meteorological Organization reports that current atmospheric CO2 concentrations are at their highest level in 800,000 years
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Thirty-Three Migratory Species Get New Protections
Among the newly protected creatures are lions, chimpanzees, giraffes and whale sharks
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