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The bright spots of Occator Crater are shown in enhanced color in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

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New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots

Yet the dwarf planet serves up fresh mysteries

What a Tiny Fish Can Tell Us About How Humans Stood Upright

What is the root of why our ancestors gained the power to walk on two feet and chimpanzees didn’t?

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NASA Spies a Supernova’s First Shockwave

Astronomers spot the first flash of a distant supernova in visible light

A toast to global warming! Kind of.

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Climate Change Makes For Tastier Wine

Global warming + wine grapes = true love…for now

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Five New Things We Learned About Pluto This Week

A new set of studies paints Pluto as a weirder planet than scientists once thought

The dorsal side of Oneis tanana, which could be the only butterfly species endemic to the Alaskan Arctic.

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A New Species of Butterfly Was Hiding in Plain Sight

The Tanana Arctic could be a rare butterfly hybrid—and it’s the first such find in nearly 30 years

William Heirens, aka The Lipstick Killer wrote this plea in lipstick on one of his victim's bedroom walls in 1946. It reads: For heavens sake catch me before I kill more/ I cannot control myself

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CSI Sephora: New Technique Helps Identifiy Lipstick Brands From Crime Scenes

Researchers refine the way forensic technicians collect and analyze lipstick evidence

Scientists studied Hydra vulgaris to determine how the animal opens its mouth

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How Hydra Rip Open New Mouths at Every Meal

Scientists finally figured out how the tiny aquatic creature opens its mouth to eat

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Martian Volcanoes Spewed So Much Lava That the Planet’s Surface Shifted

Volcanic upheaval could explain some of the mysteries of Mars’ strange surface

Gibbons were among the endangered species discovered on illicit Facebook groups during a recent study of illegal animal trafficking.

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Animal Traffickers Use Facebook to Boost Sales

There’s plenty to dislike about using social media to sell endangered species

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440-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Fungi May Be The Oldest Land Dwellers Yet Discovered

Though not the oldest living creatures, these fungi may have paved the way for living creatures to take hold of the land

Were these small prints left by Stone Age babies...or lizards?

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“Baby Hands” on Rock Paintings Were Probably Lizard Prints

The prints could have held symbolic meaning for Stone Age humans

She knows where this photo was taken—and so might a new neural network.

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Google’s New A.I. Can Tell Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken

A new neural network is better than humans at sussing out the location of a picture

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How to Tell if Fluffy Is in Pain, According to the Experts

A new study identifies 25 ways to tell if your kitty isn’t feeling well

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Pluto’s North Pole Is Streaked With Canyons

Enormous pits and frozen valleys straddle Pluto’s northern hemisphere

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As Oceans Warm, Little Penguins Are Left Hungry

The world’s smallest penguin is struggling to find fish in warmer waters

CSIRO's Compact Array telescope picked the Fast Radio Burst's afterglow.

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Astronomers Finally Tracked a Strange Radio Wave Burst to Its Source

With new insights into radio waves, scientists may be able to measure the mass of the universe

A black-belly dragonfish is just one of the small fish living in the mesopelagic zone 660 to 3300 feet below the surface of the ocean.

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This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea

Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean

My God, it's full of gas.

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Marvel at the Newest Map of the Milky Way

It is the most complete map of the cold galaxy ever made

Can humans stop a catastrophic rise in sea levels?

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Sea Levels Are Rising More Quickly Than in the Last Two Millennia

Here are five things to know about the rising tide

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