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The pen that saved the Apollo 11 astronauts is up for auction
Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.
Header goals are disappearing from the World Cup
One of soccer’s most iconic techniques is still pretty popular, though.
New paint-on health sensors are as fun as face paint
The colorful and customizable wearables can monitor heart rate, brain activity, and more.
Invasive sheep brought to US after WWII are making Texas bighorns sick
Aoudads carry diseases with fatality rates as high as 80 percent.
Sugar discovered floating in deep space for the first time
Similarly sweet molecules may have jumpstarted life on Earth over 4 billion years ago.
Baby seal gets a swimming lesson
Weddell seal pups living in the Antarctic need to learn how to hold their breath and get in and out of the water.
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