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NASA releases magnificent new images of the Milky Way

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Solar Sailing Success: Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2

What It Feels Like to Die from Heat Stroke

How to stroke a cat, according to science

Brain scans of US embassy staff to Cuba may show abnormalities

Mosquitoes have been almost completely wiped out on two Chinese islands

Scientists discover new chemistry that may help explain the origins of cellular life

The science of regrettable decisions

The Early Universe May Have Been Filled With Dark Matter Stars

A Brief History Of Human Filth

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As ice melts, the Inuit strive to keep their culture alive

Libya’s Grim Civil War Escalates

Three deaths and disappearance of two teenagers in Canada might be linked, say police

How the Hell Did an Uneaten In-N-Out Burger End Up on the Street in NYC?

How fireflies glow – and what signals they’re sending

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Hubble Captures Sharply Angled Perspective of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3169

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The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket

Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

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Subzero Arctic Water Provides Peek at Possible Life on Other Worlds

Permanent liquid magnets have now been created in the lab

Turning 26 Is A Potential Death Sentence For People With Type 1 Diabetes In America

Mystery of Chedworth’s 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved

Astronomers map vast void in our cosmic neighborhood

A Shipwreck, 500 Years Old, Appears on the Baltic Seabed

Motor neurone disease researchers find link to microbes in gut

Man Keeps Rock For Years Thinking It’s Gold. Turns Out It’s a Super Rare Meteorite

The Rotating Solariums of Jean Saidman

Equifax to Pay at Least $650 Million in Largest Data-Breach Settlement Ever

The greatest long-term threats facing humanity

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Scientists prove bathing 90 minutes before bed helps sleep

India Launches Mission To The Moon In Bid To Land At The Lunar South Pole

75 years ago today a history-making economic conference came to an end

Micro-naps for plants: Flicking the lights on and off can save energy without hurting indoor agriculture harvests

French Minerve submarine is found after disappearing in 1968

Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours: The Economic Roots of Hong Kong’s Protests

The Stock-Buyback Swindle

New species found in Gulf: Pocket-sized shark squirts glowing clouds

An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery

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The strange story of Britain’s oldest sweet

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