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Amateur Skywatchers Spot New Atmospheric Phenomenon
Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think
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People Have Been Using Big Data Since the 1600s
A humble hatmaker was among the first to compile data on how Londoners lived—and died
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Naked Mole-Rats Can Survive for 18 Minutes Without Oxygen
Just when you thought the wrinkly creatures couldn’t get any stranger
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California May Lose Popular Surfing Spots to Rising Seas
A changing climate may make iconic breaks disappear
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Ocean Currents Are Sweeping Billions of Tiny Plastic Bits to the Arctic
Currents are acting like a conveyor belt for plastic, dumping the bits in pristine northern waters
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Watch Scientists Freeze and Shake the James Webb Space Telescope
The largest space telescope ever built has a few last tests to pass
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SeaWorld Announces Birth of Last Orca Bred in Captivity
The calf’s mother was pregnant when SeaWorld cancelled its controversial breeding program
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Almost Half of Natural World Heritage Sites Are Threatened by Criminal Activity
A WWF report found that illegal poaching, logging, and fishing impacts 45 percent of the designated locations
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Researchers Work to Take the Bias Out Of Facial Reconstruction
Instead of relying on European-centric data sets, researchers used a global database to help image a 13,600-year-old woman from Thailand
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Social Networks May Give Runners a Motivational Leg Up to Hit the Pavement
Friends’ running habits may have more influence on your workouts than you might think
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Salty Food Might Make You Drink Less, Not More
You can thank a future trip to Mars for a surprising new theory on how salt affects the body
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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows Blue Whale Chowing Down on Krill
A drone captured the giant cetaceans plowing through krill clouds to get their fill
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The Chance of Another El Niño Is Rising
As the year presses on, the likelihood of another wacky winter has grown
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Watch a Large Asteroid Streak Through the Night Sky
Only a small telescope will be needed
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After Centuries of Searching, Scientists Finally Find the Mysterious Giant Shipworm Alive
The three-foot long creature has long eluded scientists, but they finally got a closer look
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How Low Can Life Go? New Study Suggests Six Miles Down
Evidence of life from below a mud volcano hints at life beneath the crust
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Scientists Want to Freeze and Pulverize Your Old Computers
E-waste is a growing problem worldwide, but a new method could help take a byte out of the issue
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NASA Spots New Crack in Greenland Glacier
Is the Petermann Glacier getting ready to rupture again?
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Dingo Wins Competition for World’s Most Interesting Genome
The desert dingo beat out an explosive beetle, a pit viper and pink pigeon to win a grant to have its genome sequenced
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