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Researchers used to think about one in 500 people are conscious during surgery, but new research puts that number at one in 15,000
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Zookeepers show that it is possible to teach an old otter new tricks
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Coated in sperm DNA and set on fire, this cotton cloth just doesn't want to burn
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With roiling red Sun and the black disk of Earth, eclipses don't get much prettier than this
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The world is getting warmer, and the Arctic is getting greener
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They've certainly tried
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Researchers at UC Berkeley recently added evidence to the idea that life on earth came from a comet
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Unlike in humans, butterfly females can actually distinguish between inbred and outbred males by their scent
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For more than 50 years observations from Hawaii have tracked rising carbon dioxide. We're still ignoring those warnings
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"Every square meter of Mercury's surface" in one gorgeous map
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Living in the forest alongside bears and beavers, the ancient Canadian Arctic camel
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Brazilian deforestation is tied to producers of luxury Italian leather goods
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Recently, researchers explored the potential for therapy animals to help kids with autism, and found that they were more effective than toys
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Richard the Lionheart was buried without his heart, and a modern forensic analysis just unveiled how it was preserved
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During the 2006 World Cup watching a soccer game doubled the risk of a heart attack in German fans
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have cured a baby of HIV using standard HIV drugs very early in life
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Soccer players who head the ball could be injuring their brains, as well
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After a string of mishaps, Shell is pausing their bid to drill the Arctic seas
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Spiderman really could have stopped that train from falling, so long as his silk resembled that produced by the Darwin's bark spider
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If carbon dioxide emissions don't start dropping in the next few decades, we're looking at hundreds of years of high temperatures
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