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Tiny Bits of Plastic May Be Clogging Up Corals
Researchers find that microplastic pollution has become a new threat to the health of ocean reefs
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Impatient Scientists Used Paint-By-Numbers Technique to Create the First Image From Mars
Scientists used raw data to create their first image of the red planet
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Determine Your Ideal Eyelash Length With Science
How the “one-third rule” protects your eyes
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The Population of a Rare Leopard Has Nearly Doubled
A new census shows that there are now at least 57 elusive Amur leopards in Russia
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Meet the Man Who Can Taste Words
For some, taste mixes with other sense—a form of synesthesia that isn’t as common as experiencing the colors of words
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Alaska’s Freshwater Is Draining Into the Sea at an Astounding Rate
Satellite data shows that snow and glacial melt are partially to blame for an annual freshwater output 1.5 times that of Mississippi River
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This Mysterious Plant Doesn’t Have Time for Junk DNA
Utricularia gibba has less DNA, but more genes
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How 16th Century Trade Made Fire Ants an Early Global Invader
By inadvertently stowing away in Spanish ships, one pesky little insect quickly spread throughout much of the world
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The World’s Sea Creatures Have Gotten Bigger
A new study reveals evolution in the ocean appears to favor larger animals
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See the Winter of Our Discontent…From Space
NASA photo of the eastern United States confirms it’s really, really cold out there
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Antarctic Sea Ice Sets A New Record, But the Climate is Still Changing
Climate change deniers, sit back down
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Contaminated Doctors’ Scopes May Have Spread a Superbug to Almost 180 Patients
A drug-resistant bacteria usually found in the gut has infected seven people and contributed to two deaths
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Fat Is a Texture, Not a Taste…For Now
Scientists predict fat will join the other primary tastes within ten years
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Is That Pill a Placebo? This Program Can Tell, Even If You Can’t
A new algorithm could make it faster and less expensive to develop new painkillers
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Ants Have Designated Toilet Areas in Their Nests
A new study shows that black garden ants have a relatively meticulous protocol for when nature calls
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Divers Discover Graveyard Filled With Giant Lemur Skeletons
A Madagascar cave is packed with the bones of extinct species
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Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material
The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed
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Found: A New Tool in the Fight Against HIV
New approach offers “vaccine-like” protection against HIV
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How “Learned Deafness” Might be Letting Noise Pollution Win
The world may be noisier than ever but one scientist warns that our attempts to blot out the sound may cost us dearly
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Only 1 in 4 Americans Would Take a Free Space Flight
Americans are still skeptical about some aspects of space travel
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