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Piece of the Meteorite That Struck a Woman Sells for More Than Its Weight in Gold
About the size of a dime, the fraction of the space rock fetched $7,500 at auction
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A Human-Made “Bubble” of Radio Waves Could Be Shielding Earth From Radiation
Very Low Frequency radio waves have created a protective bubble around the planet
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When Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie
The element was hard to get and extremely expensive but essential for Curie’s cancer research
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Good News, Everybody! Someone Once Patented Plans For Keeping A Severed Head Alive
It was what’s called a “prophetic patent”—one that isn’t real yet
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American Trees are Shifting West
For 86 common species, northwest seems to be best. But why?
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New Zealand’s Yellow-Eyed Penguins May Be in Trouble
A new study estimates that the beloved birds could disappear locally within 25 years
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Wild Orangutans Can Breastfeed for Over Eight Years
The primates take a while to wean their young
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Iceland’s Volcano and Earthquake Museum is Devoted to the Country’s “Epic” Geology
The Lava Center is surrounded by three volcanoes
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One Man Invented Two of the Deadliest Substances of the 20th Century
Thomas Midgley Jr.’s inventions have had an outsize impact—not all of it good—on humankind
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Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
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T. Rex Ants Found Alive for the First Time
It is not nearly as formidable as its namesake
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Mice With 3D-Printed Ovaries Successfully Give Birth
The gelatin-scaffold ovary could one day help restore endocrine function in young cancer patients and treat infertility
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A mistranslation led to the unusual name of this mathematical concept
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Glue Made of Mussel Slime Could Prevent Scarring
The glue, infused with a version of the protein decorin, healed wounds in rats, giving them skin with hair follicles and oil glands instead of scar tissue
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New Drone Footage Shows One Way Narwhals Use Their Tusks
The narwhals were observed using their signature appendages to hit and stun prey
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This Remote Island Is Covered with 37 Million Pieces of Your Trash
Immaculate no more, the island now looks more like a dump than a pristine paradise
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Dust May Help, Not Harm, Air Pollution in China
When it comes to some of Earth’s smoggiest cities, less dust isn’t necessarily better
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Spectacularly Detailed Armored Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Makes Its Debut
A nodosaur found in Alberta includes some of the best preserved dino skin and armor ever found
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The 400-Year-Old Mystery of These Bullet-Shattering Glass Drops May Finally Be Solved
The tadpole-shaped glass structures can survive a hammer blow but explode if their tail is squeezed
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What Is Bears Ears National Monument?
The Department of Interior will make a recommendation about the land’s fate in early June
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