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NASA Built an Instrument to Make Oxygen on Mars

A new tool from the space agency may produce the gas, completing the next step for planning a round trip voyage

Neanderthal Gene Associated with Pain Sensitivity

Modern humans with this Neanderthal-inherited gene report 7 percent more pain than other people

How Social Insects Control the Spread of Disease

Studying the ability of some ants, termites, bees and wasps to contain pathogens may help human societies control diseases of their own

Mammoth Foot With Ligaments Found In Siberia

Part of the extinct animal's foot was recovered from the water with well-preserved, millennia-old soft tissue

A Polar Bear's Diet Consists of Anything Edible

In lieu of seal meat, polar bears will resort to eating anything that looks edible, including mineral-rich kelp. Here, one chows down on a fresh batch

NASA Built an Instrument to Make Oxygen on Mars — NASA Built an Instrument to Make Oxygen on Mars

A new tool from the space agency may produce the gas, completing the next step for planning a round trip voyage

Neanderthal Gene Associated with Pain Sensitivity — Neanderthal Gene Associated with Pain Sensitivity

Modern humans with this Neanderthal-inherited gene report 7 percent more pain than other people

How Social Insects Control the Spread of Disease — How Social Insects Control the Spread of Disease

Studying the ability of some ants, termites, bees and wasps to contain pathogens may help human societies control diseases of their own

Mammoth Foot With Ligaments Found In Siberia — Mammoth Foot With Ligaments Found In Siberia

Part of the extinct animal's foot was recovered from the water with well-preserved, millennia-old soft tissue

A Polar Bear's Diet Consists of Anything Edible — A Polar Bear's Diet Consists of Anything Edible

In lieu of seal meat, polar bears will resort to eating anything that looks edible, including mineral-rich kelp. Here, one chows down on a fresh batch

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