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Abused Animals in Connecticut Get Their Own Legal Advocates
Last week, for the first time, a lawyer testified in court on behalf of abused pit bulls
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Dylan Finally Delivers on Nobel Prize Lecture
The reclusive singer-songwriter muses on literature and music in characteristic style
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Restored Roman Catacombs Reveal Stunning Frescoes
Centuries of grime have been removed from two chambers of the Domitilia catacombs, exposing images of fourth-century Rome
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Tourists Are Now Banned from Photographing This Swiss Village
It’s a blatant—if somewhat brilliant—press play
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First Commercial Carbon-Capture Plant Goes Online
The plant will collect 900 tons of carbon a year, piping it into a nearby greenhouse to boost vegetable growth
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“Faceless” Fish Found off the Coast of Australia
The rare creature was dredged up from some 13,000 feet below the surface
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Democratic Republic of Congo Approves Ebola Vaccine
It’s the newest tool in health workers’ arsenal against the contagious virus
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NASA Hopes to “Touch the Sun” With a Newly Named Probe
The craft will travel within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface
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Late Fees No Longer Exist at Salt Lake City Libraries
If you kept a book longer than you should have, you’re in luck
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Three Mile Island to Shutter Its Doors in 2019
It’s been nearly 40 years since the nuclear power plant partially melted down
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New Zealand Sent a 3D-Printed Rocket to Space
Will the Electron usher in a new era for satellites?
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Hospitals Have a Big Problem: Baking Soda
It’s common in kitchens, but a nationwide shortage is endangering more than baked goods
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Indonesian Village Turns Into a Rainbow to Attract Tourists
Every house and business in Kampung Pelangi is painted in bright rainbow colors
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The “Alien Megastructure” Star Is Acting Up Again
A large dip in the star’s brightness suggests something massive is orbiting the fiery body
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Switzerland Votes to Phase Out Nuclear Power
The nation plans to decommission its five nuclear plants and invest in renewables
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Now You Too Can Own a Piece of Space History
The engraver who inscribed Carl Sagan’s and Frank Drake’s 1973 message to extraterrestrials is now taking orders
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Chasing Waterfalls? Head to Yosemite
Don’t stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to—recent snowmelt is fueling spectacular falls
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Piece of the Meteorite That Struck a Woman Sells for More Than Its Weight in Gold
About the size of a dime, the fraction of the space rock fetched $7,500 at auction
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More Than 300,000 Unaccompanied Children Migrated Alone in 2015 and 2016
A new report details the risks faced by minors who flee their home countries
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First-Ever Federal Transgender Hate Crime Sentence Handed Down
Mercedes Williamson’s killer was prosecuted in the absence of a Mississippi state law protecting trans people against hate crimes
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