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92 Percent of Possible Earth Twins Have Yet to Be Born
Our young universe promises trillions of more planets to come
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27 Percent of U.S. Adults Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year
This new survey on reading habits isn’t all doom and gloom, though
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The Mysterious Case of the Adirondacks Sugar Maple
The trees are on the decline, but why?
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Lead Poisoning Rampant for Wealthy Medieval Europeans
It wasn’t just the Romans that accidentally poisoned themselves
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Sunscreen May Be Destroying Coral Reefs
Just a tiny amount of a common chemical in sunscreen can bleach and break delicate coral
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Man’s Best Friend May Hail From Central Asia
Genetic analysis of over 5,000 dogs suggests that they were originally domesticated in Mongolia and Nepal
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Did Life on Earth Really Start 4.1 Billion Years Ago? Not So Fast
Don’t rewrite the Earth’s history just yet
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Where Do Hallucinations Come From? It May Just Be What You’ve Seen
It may be our brains overriding what is there with what it expects to see, according to new research
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3D Model Showed Controversial Photo of John F. Kennedy’s Assassin Is Not a Fake
Doubts surrounded the incriminating photo since Kennedy was assassinated in 1963
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When You Space Out, Parts of Your Brain go to Sleep
Midday drowsiness might mean you’re already drifting off
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Prosthetics Could Soon Have a Sense of Touch
A technology suprisingly inspired by Darth Vader
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Fossilized Teeth Reveal Humans Were in Asia Long Before Europe
Early humans might have been more inclined to roam than scientists previously thought
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Hunter-Gatherers Sleep Little and Get Up Early
Our ancestors probably didn’t need nine hours of sleep either
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Can Eggshells Crack the Case of Whether Dinosaurs Ran Hot or Cold?
Dinosaurs may not be cold or warm blooded, but somewhere in between
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The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ
New evidence that Neolithic settlers roasted pork and beef
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When critters get used to tourists, they may be less aware of both predators and poachers
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Wallabies Can Sniff Out Danger in Poop
Like sommeliers of poop, the pint-sized marsupials can smell what species left it behind and what that creature last had for dinner
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This Gene Might Be Why Elephants Don’t Get Cancer
Their large bodies and many cells mean more elephants should be dying of cancer, scientists are trying to figure out why not
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How a Metronome Could Save a Life
An simple device could help save lives by keeping CPR on the beat
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How the Giraffe Got Its Long Neck: It Happened in Spurts
New fossils resolve this lengthy debate
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