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When it Comes to Predicting Solar Storms, Space May Not Be the Place
A new study shows that earth-based observations can get warnings out sooner
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This Sea Turtle Ate 11 Pounds of Coins
Veterinarians removed the 900+ coins from Omsin the turtle’s stomach after they noticed she was acting erratic
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Nosy Researchers Are Sniffing a Vintage Library
It’s all an effort to recreate an olfactory landscape of yore
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NASA Spacecraft Has Close Call With One of Mars’ Moons
Left unattended, MAVEN and Phobos could have collided
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Genes of the Last Woolly Mammoths Were Riddled with Bad Mutations, Study Finds
Before they died out, they lost their sense of smell and suffered from heartburn
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New Definition Would Make the Moon and Pluto Planets
A suggested update to the International Astronomical Union criteria would add over 100 planets to the solar system
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Large Hadron Collider Gets “Open Heart Surgery”
The massive physics experiment in Switzerland is receiving an upgrade
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Scientists Think These Skulls May Be New Human Ancestor
Two fossils combine early human, Neanderthal features
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African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours Per Day, and Nobody Knows Why
That’s less than any other animal on record
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NASA Wants the Public to Log In to Help Find Planet 9
Citizen scientists can examine photos to help discover a new planet, which recent evidence suggests is hiding at the edge of the solar system
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Tracking Collars Can Lead Poachers Straight to Animals, Scientists Warn
A study says that the new technology could hurt more than it helps
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Tanning Beds Cause $343 Million in Medical Bills a Year
A new study has calculated the steep cost of a not-so-healthy glow
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Scientists Think They’ve Found the Oldest Fossil Ever
The controversial claim suggests that microbes lived on Earth half a billion years earlier than thought
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LEGO Is Making a Women of NASA Set
The toy company selected Maia Weinstock’s proposal to celebrate the space agency’s female pioneers during its Lego Ideas competition
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Take a Peek at the Mesmerizing “Cosmic Jellyfish”
NOAA’s research vessel Okeanos Explorer filmed this specimen of Rhopalonematid trachymedusa in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
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Bad News, Pet Lovers: Teacup Pigs Are a Hoax
It’s a descriptor, not the term for a breed of pig, and it’s hurting animals
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Why Nobody Remembers the Forefather of Forensic Science
Wilmer Souder was a hidden pioneer of a still developing field
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New Study Shows Sharp Rise in Colorectal Cancers Among Young Adults
Its authors are not sure why the cancers have risen so much—only that they’re increasing every year
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Study Shows 84% of Wildfires Caused by Humans
Over the last 21 years, debris burning, arson and campfires have combined with climate change to make the fire season much longer
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