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Bacteria, Plants Turn Garbage Dump into Beautiful Park

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Movie of the Inside of a Woman’s Body as She Gives Birth

The new baby takes his first sip of water.

Adorable, Critically Endangered Baby Sumatran Rhino Born

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117th Element “Ununseptium” Confirmed, Will Get Name Not Stolen From Avatar

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Sea Level Rising Three Times Faster Than Average on Northeast US Coast

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The Last of His Kind, Tortoise Lonesome George Dies, Leaving No Offspring

A Midwest field circa 1936

70 Percent of Illinois Is In A Drought (And It’s Better Off Than Indiana)

Ferrets react to flu much like humans do.

How to Give a Ferret a Deadly Flu

Satellites and refuse litter low Earth orbit.

Navy Wants to Thwart Space Debris By Releasing More Space Debris

Mining operations near Longyan, Fujian Province, China.

High-Tech’s Crucial Rare Earth Elements Are Already Running Low

‘World’s Rarest Toad’ Not Extinct After All

A solar farm at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

New Solar Cell Targets the 40% of Sun’s Energy That Others Miss

One day, the sun will set for good on Lanai, Hawaii.

Does Larry Ellison Know His $600 Million Island Is Sinking?

Wind turbines in Pennsylvania

Scientists Save Bats and Birds from Wind Turbine Slaughter

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What’s the Difference Between Clinically Dead, Figuratively Dead and Just Plain Dead?

Simulation of a detection of the Higgs boson in the CMS experiment

Finally, For Real, We (May Have) Found the God Particle

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Want to Be Healthy? Manage Your Microbes Like a Wildlife Park

50 Years of Longline Fishermen Throwing Out the Endangered Half of Their Catch

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Nothing Unhealthy About McDonalds, Says Head Chef

Beautiful Infographic Charts Ugly Reality of Species Loss

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