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Cheetahs Spend 90 Percent of Their Days Sitting Around
When human presence forces cheetahs to expend more energy, however, it put the animals’ survival at risk
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The Man in the Moon Was Made By Radioactivity, Not Meteors
Differential cooling caused by radioactive material in the crust caused one of the Moon’s most distinctive features
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How the Humble Hydra Lives, As Far as We Know, Forever
Hydra don’t seem to die of old age. But why?
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The Aral Sea Is Pretty Much Gone
The fourth largest lake in the world is less than a tenth of its former size
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Pollution From Hawaii Is Giving Sea Turtles Gross, Deadly Tumors
Nitrogen runoff gets into the turtles’ food and causes tumors on their faces, flippers and organs
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Enough Ice Has Melted in Antarctica to Alter the Earth’s Gravity
The gravity loss is tiny but indicates big changes in ice coverage
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Apollo-Era Data Is Helping Scientists Look for Gravitational Waves
Seismometers that were placed on the moon during the Apollo program collected data that is being used by physicists today
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35,000 Walruses Are Crowding Onto One Alaskan Beach
Some animals have already been killed on the beach, most likely by stampedes
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Thank Soil Microbes for White Truffles’ Heavenly Aroma
Bacteria produce the signature smell that truffle-sniffing dogs and pigs pick up on
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Why Eye Contact Makes You Squirm
Catching someone else’s eye makes us more self conscious about our bodies
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Which of 2013’s Many Natural Disasters Can We Blame on Climate Change?
The ongoing California drought may, or may not, be due to climate change
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Wildlife Around the World Has Declined by About 50 Percent Since 1970
Fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are disappearing quickly
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Scientists Are Sneaking Bob Dylan Lyrics Into Their Writing
Everyone likes goofy intra-office rivalries, even scientists
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This Is How the Milky Way Will End
A computer simulation shows how the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda
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The USDA Approved a New GM Crop to Deal With Problems Created by the Old GM Crops
Weeds became resistant to the herbicide partner of older genetically modified crops
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Scientists Plan to Kill Off the American West’s Tumbleweeds
Two species of fungus from Russia could be the bane of America’s tumbleweed
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Water Vapor Found on Small, Cloudless, Hot Planet
NASA announced yesterday that water vapor had been detected on exoplanet HAT-P-11b
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People Get Separation Anxiety When Parted From Their Phones
Separating college students from their smartphones can cause anxiety, especially for those who use their phones a lot
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How Bird Migrations Show Up Beautifully on Doppler Radar
Large groups of birds taking off around sunset typically show up as circles that grow and disperse
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As Many As 3 Million Americans Could Soon Be Threatened by Sea Level Rise
Across the world, 650 million people could be at risk
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