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This Professor Calculated The True Cost of Destroying The Death Star

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Watch Hundreds Of Exoplanets Twirl Around Their Stars In This Mesmerizing Animation

By Sarah Fecht

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New Dinosaur Footprints Show Sauropods Frolicked In Shallow Water

By Mary Beth Griggs

Project Sidekick
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Astronauts Are Getting Augmented Reality Headsets This Week

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Companies Can Now Officially Own Resources They Mine From Asteroids
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Companies Can Now Officially Own Resources They Mine From Asteroids

By Sarah Fecht

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Why Does A Drop Of Water Confuse My Touchscreen?

By Daniel Engber

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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Dave Arnold

By Steph Yin

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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Caleb Harper

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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Harmony Lu

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What’s The Deal With Jellied Cranberry Sauce?

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What Happens As Decades Pass In A Whiskey Barrel?

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CMS Lead Detection
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LHC Re-creates First Moments Of The Universe And Sets New Energy Record

By Mary Beth Griggs

What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Justin Warner
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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Justin Warner

By Steph Yin

What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Nick Curtola
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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Nick Curtola

By Steph Yin

What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Christine Lau
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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Christine Lau

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How To Bake Stuffing Without Overcooking Your Turkey

By Matt Giles

A Chocolate Fountain Can Introduce Kids To Complex Physics
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A Chocolate Fountain Can Introduce Kids To Complex Physics

By Mary Beth Griggs

What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Derek Dellinger
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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Derek Dellinger

By Steph Yin

When Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Clash Over Reusable Rockets, We All Win
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When Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Clash Over Reusable Rockets, We All Win

By Sarah Fecht

Put The Science Of Umami To Work For You
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Put The Science Of Umami To Work For You

By Paul Adams

The Physics Of Non-Newtonian Goo Could Save Astronauts’ Lives
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The Physics Of Non-Newtonian Goo Could Save Astronauts’ Lives

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What Are You Doing For Thanksgiving?: Scott Heimendinger

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Blue Origin Beats SpaceX In Landing Reusable Rocket
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Blue Origin Beats SpaceX In Landing Reusable Rocket

By Sarah Fecht

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Google Like A Jedi With ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ App Themes

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A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS
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A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Inexorable Rise Of Synthetic Flavor: A Pictorial History
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The Inexorable Rise Of Synthetic Flavor: A Pictorial History

By Nadia Berenstein

Falling Phobos Will Eventually Put A Ring Around Mars
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Falling Phobos Will Eventually Put A Ring Around Mars

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Maki goes to Entscoc15
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Maki goes to Entscoc15

By Maki Naro

100 Years of General Relativity: Why Einstein Still Stands
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100 Years of General Relativity: Why Einstein Still Stands

By Devin Powell

Government Scientists Neither Confirm Nor Deny ‘Star Wars’ Starkiller Research
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Government Scientists Neither Confirm Nor Deny ‘Star Wars’ Starkiller Research

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These Incredible Space Station Concepts Never Got Off The Ground
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These Incredible Space Station Concepts Never Got Off The Ground

By Amy Shira Teitel

What We’ve Learned From The Pluto Flyby
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What We’ve Learned From The Pluto Flyby

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Scientists Witness The Development Of Baby Planets For The First Time
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Scientists Witness The Development Of Baby Planets For The First Time

By Sarah Fecht

The Artist Who Turned Blood into Photographs
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The Artist Who Turned Blood into Photographs

By Steph Yin

Ancient Tooth Yields Up DNA Of Ancient Human Cousins, The Denisovans
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Ancient Tooth Yields Up DNA Of Ancient Human Cousins, The Denisovans

By Claire Maldarelli

Space Mining Bill Passes In Congress
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Space Mining Bill Passes In Congress

By Sarah Fecht

Soviet Space Station Fired A Gun In Orbit
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Soviet Space Station Fired A Gun In Orbit

By Kelsey D. Atherton

What Happens If the Curiosity Rover Finds Life on Mars?
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What Happens If the Curiosity Rover Finds Life on Mars?

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Does It Feel Better To Give Or Receive A Gift?
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Does It Feel Better To Give Or Receive A Gift?

By Daniel Engber

Why Does A Fly Landing On Your Arm Make You Itch?
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Why Does A Fly Landing On Your Arm Make You Itch?

By Alexandra Ossola

Molecular Submarine
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Speedy Submarine Is Made Of A Single Molecule

By Mary Beth Griggs

New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Spots Reveal A Few More Secrets
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New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Spots Reveal A Few More Secrets

By Carl Franzen

Pyramid of Khufu
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Scans Reveal Strange Warm Spot At Giza Pyramid

By Mary Beth Griggs

Construction Begins On The Giant Magellan Telescope
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Construction Begins On The Giant Magellan Telescope

By Sarah Fecht

Senate Votes To Legalize Space Mining
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Senate Votes To Legalize Space Mining

By Sarah Fecht

Nearby ‘Venus Twin’ Could Be Clue To Finding Inhabited Planets
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Nearby ‘Venus Twin’ Could Be Clue To Finding Inhabited Planets

By Sarah Fecht

Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin’ Flying Wings
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Jack Northrop and the UFO-Lookin’ Flying Wings

By Amy Shira Teitel

Blinded
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Exclusive Clip: See Chris Hadfield Describe Being Blinded During A Spacewalk

By Mary Beth Griggs

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Weather On Sunless Planet Is Cloudy With A Chance Of Molten Iron Rain

By Mary Beth Griggs

The First-Ever Breakthrough Prize Junior Winner Made This Cool Science Video
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The First-Ever Breakthrough Prize Junior Winner Made This Cool Science Video

By Tina Casey

Breakthrough Prize 2015
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Breakthrough Prize Honors Scientists Working on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Neutrinos, And More

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Alien Megastructures Ruled Out? Not Yet.
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Alien Megastructures Ruled Out? Not Yet.

By Sarah Fecht

Why Can’t We Live On Mars? Blame The Sun
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Why Can’t We Live On Mars? Blame The Sun

By Sarah Fecht

Does ‘Bracing For Impact’ Really Protect You In A Crash?
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Does ‘Bracing For Impact’ Really Protect You In A Crash?

By Daniel Engber

Earth sean from the moon
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The Real Cost Of NASA Missions

By Shannon Stirone

How Is Guinness Making Its Beer Vegan?
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How Is Guinness Making Its Beer Vegan?

By Alexandra Ossola

Construction Continues
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How Many Years Does The Space Station Have Left?

By Sarah Fecht

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch
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The Manned Orbiting Laboratory the Air Force Failed to Launch

By Amy Shira Teitel

Explore Chemistry Like Never Before, Inside A Minecraft World Of Molecules
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Explore Chemistry Like Never Before, Inside A Minecraft World Of Molecules

By Alexandra Ossola

Why our biotech future needs design
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Why our biotech future needs design

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‘The Visit’ Explores What Would Actually Happen If Aliens Came To Earth
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‘The Visit’ Explores What Would Actually Happen If Aliens Came To Earth

By Alexandra Ossola

Do men have hormonal cycles?
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Do men have hormonal cycles?

By Daniel Engber

Why Did Apollo Lunar Samples Have Amino Acids In Them?
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Why Did Apollo Lunar Samples Have Amino Acids In Them?

By Sarah Fecht

Museum Of Food And Drink Explores The $25 Billion Flavor Industry
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Museum Of Food And Drink Explores The $25 Billion Flavor Industry

By Matt Giles

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