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Ötzi the Iceman’s Last Meal Included Goat Bacon
Analysis of the 5,300-year-old mummy’s stomach contents shows he ate dry-cured meat from a mountain ibex
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Second “Three-Parent” Baby Born. This Time, It’s a Girl
The baby was produced through a controversial technique that requires implanting a fertilized nucleus into a donor egg
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2016 Was the Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Never in modern memory has the Earth’s surface and sea temperature been so high
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Dark Matter Could Be Destroying Distant Galaxies
The mysterious substance may suck gas from the galaxies—and a gasless galaxy is a dead galaxy
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Dueling Theories on the Cause of “Fairy Circles” Could Both Be Right
New research brings together competing concepts to describe how the mysterious features form
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Second Group of the Once-Extinct African Oryx to Be Released Into the Wild
Hunting wiped out wild populations of the scimitar-horned creatures, but breeding programs are helping them make a comeback
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One in Five People May Be Able to “Hear” a Flash of Light
Once thought to be a rare condition, some forms of synesthesia may be fairly common
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Colo, the World’s First Gorilla Born in Captivity, Is Dead
The miracle baby turned matriarch was 60 years old
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Scores of Dolphins Are Stranded in the Everglades
So far, at least 82 false killer whales have died
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Scientists Spot Massive Wave in Venus’ Atmosphere
The 6,200-mile long bow-shaped wrinkle may have been caused by gravity waves
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Scientists Make the Coldest Object on Earth
Researchers cooled a tiny aluminum drum almost to absolute zero and think they can go even further
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Fish Don’t Do So Well in Space
The International Space Station’s resident fish shed light on life in microgravity
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SpaceX Gets Back in Orbit: Watch Its Latest Rocket’s Remarkable Landing
After successfully deploying ten satellites into orbit, the rocket’s first stage adeptly landed on a floating platform
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Japan Tries (and Fails) to Launch a Tiny Rocket
Sending teensy satellites into space isn’t just an experiment in cute—it’s an effort to reduce the cost of sending tech into space
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How Escaped Exotic Pet Birds Could Help Save Threatened Species
Though usually seen as a threat to local populations, these escapees could also help in the recovery of creatures in trouble
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Remains From 800-Year-Old “Trojan Woman” Record Early Maternal Infection
Bacterial nodes on the skeleton and DNA from her fetus show the woman likely died from an infection of her placenta
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Watch the First Footage of the Rare Ruby Seadragon Alive in the Wild
The sneaky critter has never been seen in its natural habitat before
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Orca Moms Might Go Into Menopause Because of Their Daughters
Competition could explain this evolutionary mystery
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A Physicist Figured Out the Best Way to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle
Tapping the “57” has nothing to do with it
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Turmeric May Be Tasty, But It’s Not a Cure-All
New study shoots down the trendy “remedy”
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