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Fat Bear Week Round 1, Part 1 results: Resilient moms and strong sisters triumph
Bear 132 found her lost cub while Bear 909 lost both her cubs, one in an attack by another bear competing today.
Fat Bear Week Round 1, Part 2: Battle of the big boys and the up-and-comers
Chunk, Bucky Dent, Walker, and Gully all compete.
Record-setting Fat Bear Week turnout overloads voting site
Explore.org has extended Day 1 voting to tomorrow.
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A treasure hunt for rare coins is coming to 4 American cities
$40,000 in prizes up for grabs in Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston.
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The stubby amphibian skulked through the swamps of prehistoric Chicago.
Sea spider with hairy feet, three lips, and red eyes found in Canada
The team also found a new species covered in parasites.
Earth’s closest alien life probably isn’t very advanced, says new study
Potential plant life may be a key indicator for exoplanet evolutionary timelines.
At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive (and eat) industrial pollution
Billions of microbes inhabit these soils.
This man died more than 700 years ago—so why does he look like he got hit by a car?
Plus Big Bird in space and other weird things we learned this week.
Plesiosaurs vomited indigestible pellets like owls
The Jurassic marine predator’s tummy likely couldn’t handle invertebrate shells.
Why scientists want your photos of wildlife eating lunch
With a new platform called Who Eats Whom, citizen scientists reveal the fascinating, sometimes shocking interactions between species.
Even morning coffee can mess with your sleep
Caffeine can interfere with the deep, restorative rest your brain needs.
Gardener finds 40 pounds of Viking silver in his backyard
The 10th century cache is the largest discovery of its kind in Denmark.
High heels were once the height of men’s fashion
They were also never intended for walking.
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