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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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Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
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Latest Fast Radio Burst From Space Adds to Their Mystery
Researchers trained 11 telescopes on a recent burst’s aftermath, but could find no traces of what caused the high energy signal
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Is Australia’s Dingo-Proof Fence Changing the Ecosystem of the Outback?
A new study says yes, but it’s complicated
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This 36-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is a “Missing Link” in Whale Evolution
Discovered in Peru, the new fossil has tiny remnants of hind limbs
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Ebola Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo
A single death has been confirmed—now public health officials must keep an outbreak from becoming an epidemic
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The Second Life of Henri IV’s Severed Head
Whether it’s lying in the grave or sitting in a Paris bank vault, the monarch’s cranium has been the subject of much debate since his untimely demise
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Ancient Creature Left a 28-Foot Drag Mark After It Died
An ammonite found in a German quarry left its mark on its lagoon home
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Infant Dinosaur Found Still Encased in Its Egg Identified as New Species
Research suggests that the embryo belongs to the cassowary-like oviraptorosaurs
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Historical Pressed Flowers Accidentally Destroyed in Australia
The flowers are “literally irreplaceable”
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Tomatoes Have Legally Been Vegetables Since 1893
Okay, so it’s technically a fruit. But we don’t eat it like one
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Study Challenges the Supremacy of Stradivarius Violins
A French researcher set out to solve a long-standing fiddle riddle: do these infamous violins project sound better than new ones?
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Ancient Human Cousin May Have Lived Alongside Early Homo Sapiens
Homo naledi may have been much younger—and more advanced—than previously thought
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Deer Caught Gnawing on Human Bones
For the first time, researchers spotted a white-tailed deer chewing on a rib bone at a body farm
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A Beach Disappeared in Ireland 33 Years Ago—Now It’s Back
Dooagh Beach is sandy once more
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