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First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States
This huge guy was 83-feet long and a member of the longest land animals ever known.
Yellowstone National Park retrieved 280 hats from hydrothermal vents this summer
Other lost items include hair ties, dozens of lens caps, AirPods, and even an inhaler.
Arborists use supersonic air to save 300-year-old tree that survived American Revolution
The ‘witness tree’ in Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, also endured a lightning strike.
Rats make an ultrasonic sound when they eat chocolate
Animal sounds could be a window into their internal emotions, new research indicates.
‘Star Trek’ and NASA have intertwined legacies
The show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists.
The best refurbished gadgets to buy (and where to find them)
Save a substantial amount of money on nearly-new tech.
How soybeans took over the American diet – without anyone noticing
Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
Why do dogs’ legs shake during pets? It’s not because they like it.
That twitchy leg is a signal from your dog’s nervous system.
Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse
Melting glaciers spell disaster around the world. Protecting people will be a challenge for decades to come.
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