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The Science Behind Dogs’ Goofy Greetings

Why do dogs go nuts when their owners get home? The answers lie in their DNA and brains

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Maine Brewers Are Selling Lobster-Infused Beer

Because of course they are

The 7 Line is currently undergoing a system upgrade from one that was installed in the 1930s to one run by computers.

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NYC Subway Technology Goes Way Back…to the 1930s

America’s busiest subway system relies on vintage machines

Half of Devil's Kettle Falls plunges underground — then simply disappears

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The Mystery of Minnesota’s Disappearing River

Half a river is missing in the Judge C.R. Magney State Park

Players from the University of Sydney and McGill University grapple over the quaffle during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Muggles, Rejoice: Quidditch is Becoming a Serious Sport

The Harry Potter-inspired game is now played by more than 300 teams around the world

Dario, an eight-year-old Colombian boy who lost his arm due to a congenital malformation, tests out Torres' prosthetic arm design.

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Kids Can Build Their Own Lego Prosthetics

Prototype system brings a bit of fun to prosthetics

Astrophysicist Dr. Brian May is recognized during a July 17, 2015 New Horizons science briefing at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May spent a long birthday weekend with the science team, attending two morning science plenaries, a meeting with the Student Dust Counter group, and working on stereo images of Pluto with the Geology, Geophysics and Imaging (GGI) team.

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Queen Guitarist Brian May is Now a New Horizons Science Collaborator

As new images were transmitted from Pluto, the rock-star-turned-astrophysicist rubbed shoulders with his heroes

Jack Kevorkian stands in front of one of his paintings.

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Listen to Dr. Kevorkian’s Jazz-Funk Album

The man called “Dr. Death” created a complex and surprising body of artistic work

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In Mexico, a Gritty Neighborhood Has Become a 65,000-Square-Foot Mural

A hillside in Pachuca gets a psychedelic makeover

Hawaii, three foot long egg mass, the product of a species of open ocean squid.

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This Huge, Gooey Blob Could Be a Clutch of Squid Eggs

The blob was the size of a car…and completely baffling to a group of divers

A mother rhino breastfeeding her baby

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Why Mammals Have a Monopoly On Milk

It all started with an egg

A swarm of mayflies in Ontario

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Officials Had to Use A Snowplow to Reclaim a Bridge in Iowa Swarmed by Mayflies

An unusually large emergence of aquatic insects created temporarily hazardous conditions

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This Fungus Eats the Butts off Cicadas

It’s totally not a big deal, though

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This Video of Lightning in Slow Motion is Strangely Entrancing

Hypnotize yourself with lightning at 2,000 frames per second

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These Drones Hunt Whale Snot

Snotbots will make mucus collection less stressful for whales

With carrot liqueur, one distillery takes a cue from Bugs Bunny

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Carrot Liqueur Could Be Coming to a Cocktail Near You

What’s Next?! Kale?!

The Scanadu Scout is just one of the many devices that attempt to act like a real-life tricorder

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A List of All the Times People Have Tried to Build a Working Tricorder

Star Trek-style scanning has been a bit more complicated than expected

This fasciated flower — a White Mule’s Ear, found in Island Park, Idaho — has the same disorder found in flowers near Fukushima

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Don’t Freak Out Over the Funky Flowers That Appeared Near Fukushima

The odd appearance is due to a plant disorder called fasciation

Orson Welles as Macbeth in the 1948 film with Jeannette Nolan as Lady Macbeth

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Listen to 98 hours of Shakespeare’s Poems and Plays Performed by Great Actors

The playlist includes the voices of Edith Evans, Dylan Thomas, Orson Welles and Sir Ian McKellen

Two black rhinos, a mother and her calf, explore a watering hole at Etosha National Park in Namibia.

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Researchers are Fitting Rhinos With Hidden Horn Cameras

One non-profit wants to outfit the animals with cameras and heart rate monitors to save them

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