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Inside the school where dogs learn to sniff out bed bugs and other pests
Any dog—even your own—can learn this valuable canine skill.
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.
Record-setting Fat Bear Week turnout overloads voting site
Explore.org has extended Day 1 voting to tomorrow.
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This 1989 Popular Science article is like an Apple event live blog from nearly 40 years ago
Popular Science sent a writer the the announcement of the Apple NeXT Computer and his description of the scene gives us serious FOMO.
Frogs wear bacterial suits of armor to fight off deadly fungus
Chytridiomycosis has driven at least 90 frog species into extinction.
Blowhole nebulizer helps cure beluga whale’s pneumonia
The vets needed to get creative when antibiotics weren’t moving the needle for her chronic condition.
Noise pollution is a serious but often forgotten public health problem
Noise pollution is an occupational health hazard for many workers.
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.
Two moms named Jean inspired the name of a 309-million-year-old fossil
The stubby amphibian skulked through the swamps of prehistoric Chicago.
Soviet ‘sea monster’ inspired this futuristic ‘flying boat’
It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s…both?
Original ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise heads to MIT after resurfacing on eBay
The 11-inch model was lost for 45 years.
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?
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