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Rare Beaked Whale Washes Ashore in Australia
Sporting unusual teeth, the young female offers researchers a chance to study an elusive cetacean
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Astronomers Recreate Ancient Skies to Date a Nearly 2,600-Year-Old Greek Poem
Researchers narrow down the dates for when the lonely poet Sappho wrote “Midnight Poem”
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Massive Effort Underway to Recover More Than 700 Migrants Drowned at Sea
Forensic scientists hope to use DNA to identify the remains
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NASA Finally Caught This Crazy Space Weather in Action
The interactions between the Earth and the Sun’s magnetic fields drive explosive space weather
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See Mercury’s Landscape in Stunning Detail
A new map of the planet’s surface captures the depths of craters and the peaks of volcanic mountains
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Mice Show How the Zika Virus Can Cause Birth Defects
A new study offers the first experimental evidence of the virus crossing the placenta and damaging fetal brains
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Kepler Discovers More Than 1,000 New Exoplanets
The space telescope is still alive and kicking
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New Polymer Successfully Smooths Wrinkles
This “second skin” tightens wrinkles and could be used to cover wounds as well as deliver medications
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Wasting Disease Clears Way for Young Sea Stars, for Now
Whether or not the devastated populations are on the road to recovery remains uncertain
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Leprosy Threatens U.K. Red Squirrel Populations
Researchers have launched a new study to try to save the furry rodents
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The Bison Is Now the Official Mammal of the United States
The big beasts are the first official mammals recognized by the federal government
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Will Luxembourg Lead the Race for Space Mining?
The tiny nation announced its private industry partners for asteroid mining
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Brawny American Lobsters Are Muscling in on Their European Cousins
Sweden wants to ban live American lobsters for fear they will out-claw their own
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Journey to the Center of Earth
What Caused the 2011 D.C. Earthquake?
A thinning mantle led to the 5.8 magnitude shake in the Southeast, and more may be in store
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Fossil Hunters Uncover 71-Million-Year-Old Trove in Antarctica
After a plane flight, boat ride, helicopter lift and a lot of hiking, the scientists returned with a massive cache of fossils
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These Little-Known Nuns Helped Map the Stars
A century later, the identities of women who mapped over 481,000 stars are finally known
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Australians Make Beer Out of Belly Button Lint
Melbourne’s 7 Cent Brewery will debut a Belgian-style Witbier later this month brewed using yeast strains cultivated from its founders’ navels
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The Oldest Species May Win in the Race to Survive Climate Change
It’s survival of the fittest, and the oldest may be the fittest, new study says
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Drought Forces Zimbabwe to Sell Its Wild Animals
Facing food and water shortages, the country hopes to save it’s wildlife
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