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Bar-headed goose with a Mount Everest-simulating air mask.

Extreme Geese Reveal High-Altitude Secrets in Wind Tunnel

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The Genetic Engineering Plan to Turn Trees Black and Cool the World

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Virtual Pigeon Attracts, Baffles Randy Males

Hemingway’s Old Man Inspires Shark Oil for HIV Vaccine

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Not All Calories Are the Same, Says Harvard Study

Bacteria, Plants Turn Garbage Dump into Beautiful Park

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That Pixellated Uniform Pattern Was So Bad, The Army Trashed $5 Billion Worth

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

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Scientists Confirm that Somali Pirates Are On Holiday Now, Too

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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

Ferrets react to flu much like humans do.

How to Give a Ferret a Deadly Flu

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Your Kid’s New Dermatologists: Barney and Kung Fu Panda

Satellites and refuse litter low Earth orbit.

Navy Wants to Thwart Space Debris By Releasing More Space Debris

A solar farm at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

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

Wind turbines in Pennsylvania

Scientists Save Bats and Birds from Wind Turbine Slaughter

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Yankees Fans Actually Do Keep Their Enemies Closer — In Their Minds, At Least

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

Beautiful Infographic Charts Ugly Reality of Species Loss

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Things That Humans Did Not Invent (Including Art)

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