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This 99-Million-Year-Old Bird Coexisted With Dinosaurs
The tiny bird is a big find for paleontologists
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Three Things to Know About the Coral Triangle, the Ocean’s Biodiversity Hot Spot
At more than a billion acres of ocean, the Coral Triangle is one of the world’s biggest and most important marine regions
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Researchers Discover a Planet That’s As Hot As a Star
It’s daytime temperatures clock in at a scorching 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit
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This Man’s Gunshot Wound Gave Scientists a Window Into Digestion
The relationship between St. Martin and the doctor who experimented on him was ethically dubious at best
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How Common Are Food Allergies?
Roughly 3.6 percent of Americans have at least one food allergy or intolerance, study says
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One of Malaysia’s Last Sumatran Rhinos Has Died
After performing emergency surgery on Puntung, experts realized that the abscess was caused by cancer
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Ancient Methane Explosions Rocked the Arctic Ocean at the End of the Last Ice Age
As retreating ice relieved seafloor pressures, trapped methane burst through to the water column, study says
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Meet Pedro the “Voder,” the First Electronic Machine to Talk
Pedro was an experiment in reproducing speech electronically, but took on a kind of life of its own
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How America Stacks Up When It Comes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hint: We’re not number one, but we’re close
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Humans Polluted the Air Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Ice cores suggest that humans have been polluting the air with lead for at least 2,000 years
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First Commercial Carbon-Capture Plant Goes Online
The plant will collect 900 tons of carbon a year, piping it into a nearby greenhouse to boost vegetable growth
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Is Light Pollution Really Pollution?
As countries grow richer, light pollution gets worse–but some are fighting to change that
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Three Incredible Natural Areas Nominated for the World Heritage List
Areas in Tibet, Argentina and West Africa are likely to receive international protection for their rare plants, animals and natural beauty
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“Faceless” Fish Found off the Coast of Australia
The rare creature was dredged up from some 13,000 feet below the surface
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This Glass Frog’s Heart Is Visible Through Its Skin
The new species of frog has a transparent underside, offering a glimpse of its beating heart inside
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See the Gulf of Mexico’s Seafloor Like Never Before With This 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map
Made from data collected from 200 proprietary maps from oil and gas companies, the new image has a resolution 16 times greater than the next best map
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Democratic Republic of Congo Approves Ebola Vaccine
It’s the newest tool in health workers’ arsenal against the contagious virus
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NASA Hopes to “Touch the Sun” With a Newly Named Probe
The craft will travel within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface
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A Lonely Snail With an Unusual Shell Strikes Out in Love
Researchers brought Jeremy two potential partners who went on to mate with each other
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Watch a Partial Solar Eclipse From Space
It’s a preview of even more spectacular things to come
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