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CosmoCube would peer 13.5 billion years back in time from the far side of the moon.

Town Clerk Office staff in Wells found the document written by one of their predecessors in July 1776.

King Tut’s tomb has a lesson for us all.

The DIY amphibious flying saucer boat flies down rivers and must be piloted lying down.

Without different anatomical proportions, a scaled-up body would collapse under its own weight.

Fort Sumter, ironclad ships, and more come alive at the Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum.

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We’ll learn more when nesting season starts on September 1.

Historically low water levels in the Danube are revealing over 80 years of history.

With the Project Monarch App, users can track their 3,000-mile-long migration.

Dolphins can use seashells to help them hunt for fish.

An odor-producing molecule 2-nonenal is only part of the story.

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The never-before-seen objects are gargantuan, immensely bright, and ancient.

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Cosmic dust and water is withstanding radiation near the Milky Way galaxy’s black hole, Saggitarius A*.

The maglev test vehicle is nearing commercial aircraft speeds.

A tiny valve is all that remains of the doomed USS Trigger.

Some of these humble fish were alive during the Civil War.

Research suggests that using exercise as an outlet for anger and frustration may be counterproductive.

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The crustaceans are both external and internal seed dispersers.

As few as 800 volunteers could finish a project—all without centralized government.

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Concerned ranchers and conservationists team up to help save the small, hopping rodent.

It can’t really breathe fire—we think.

Some win the ‘Titanic Award’ for best sinking. Others continue to compete for 16 years.

Our canine companions may really understand what we’re going through, new study suggests.

At least 75 explosives were recovered from the scorched earth in France.

Humboldt penguins are not at home on the ice.

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‘Her overall condition remains extremely serious.’

The “big light” doesn’t have to suck

Our world looks different from above.

The deadly experiment that could save the American elm.

Tobacco hawkmoths may use these tiny hairs to find a place to lay their eggs.

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Thank these plant explorers for your avocado toast, mango smoothies, and pistachios.

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At one point, Venus would’ve looked a lot like Earth—until the Sun got even brighter.

The roughly 40,000-year-old figures show that humans were already watching bird behavior

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The device that was supposed to revolutionize was both ‘too ambitious and not ambitious enough.’

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Engineers employed a ‘Big Bang’ maneuver to keep the power flowing on the 49-year-old spacecraft.

Turtle mothers will try to overcome any obstacle to reach their nesting site.

Stone tablets recount a corruption case so widespread that it became a capital offense in 480 CE.

Cosmoramas were an 1840s version of Zillow—but with paintings.

Phoenix the Footless scurries around the beaches of Florida and Maine like any other bird.

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Two bears at Brooks River in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve recently killed cubs that weren’t their own.

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The colorful crustacean will only be at New Hampshire’s Explore the Ocean World museum until Labor Day.

40 million tons of this polluting plastic are produced every year.

The prototype could help us see light that other animals can.

The visitor excited the Chesapeake Bay’s boaters and birders alike.

The lengthiest snake was about as a long as a car.

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Veteran hunter Tom Rahill has battled the invasive species for over 10 years.

The Ojai Raptor Center also provided an update on mom Jackie.

540 million years ago, nutrient-filled feces helped spread complex organisms.

It’s an explosive case of CSI: Space.

The big cats can keep deer away from roads, according to new research.

The ‘small’ vortices were found using the world’s largest solar telescope.

The critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was recently released from Coney Island, New York.