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Wildlife

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Science

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Biology

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Wild oysters are tastiest in months that end with ‘R’—here’s why

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Science

These thoughtful nature images were captured by scientists in action

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Space

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Space

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COVID-19

‘Stealth Omicron’ is spreading slowly in the US

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Medicine

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Moons

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Birds

Even more proof that crows are terrifyingly smart

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How sexy Victorian mediums tricked scientists into believing in ectoplasm

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Vaccines

Which COVID-19 vaccine is the best?

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Weather

3 wild ideas for how to stop a tornado

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What scientists learned when they tried to raise a chimp with a human baby

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Animals

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COVID-19

The US has had more than 40 million COVID cases since the pandemic began

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Climate Change

The Dixie fire is on track to be California’s biggest ever

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This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance

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Animals

8 animals being naturally hilarious

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Wildlife

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Why were chainsaws invented? To help with childbirth.

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Evolution

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Sun

Some skyscrapers are so shiny they turn into death rays

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How Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon without shoes

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Viagra could have been a groundbreaking cure for period cramps

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What’s stranger than bees telling time? How we learned that they can.

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Diseases

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Pollution

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Global Warming

The Future of the Environment

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Environment

10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet

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Environment

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Science

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Physics

Why baseball players ‘bone’ their bats

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The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
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Drones

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Tech Hacks

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Science Fiction

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