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When a storm surge swept dozens of cattle and wild horses from the coast of North Carolina, no one expected survivors. Then hoofprints appeared in the sand.

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Cats May Be Harboring Crime Scene DNA, Scientists Say

The missing plan for alien first contact

How a zombifying cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii conquered the globe

How Steve Sasson Invented the Digital Camera

NASA Lacks Plan for Ditching ISS in an Emergency

‘Boring’ Star Is Really a Stripped, Pulsating Core In the Sky, Scientists Say

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It’s time to play “find the falling Chinese rocket” once again

I like your tone: research suggests why older violins sound so good

Lottery Winner Keeps $30 Million Jackpot Secret From Wife and Child

Wild Experiments Are Trying to Bounce Radio Signals Off the Moon and Jupiter

In Hunt to Solve ‘Fairy Circle’ Mystery, One Suspect Is Dismissed

‘Hairy Snail’ With Bristles Discovered in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

NASA has a life-detecting instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus

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NASA seeks origin of ‘weird’ fast-spinning dwarf planet Haumea

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Since Virtually Creating the Video Game Market, Atari Has Had a Tumultuous 50 Years

China Launched the Final Module for Its Space Station

Fruit flies found to move their retinas, instead of moving their eyes

Hubble telescope peeks through ‘cosmic keyhole’ in stunning photo

Why Mathematicians Study Knots

The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state

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Destroyed Observatory Issues Final Asteroid Warning After Fatal Collapse

The Spooky Science of How Undead Spores Reanimate

Why Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train

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A dormant volcano is waking up after sleeping for more than 800 years

Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time

What if the ancient Carboniferous forests hadn’t created the oil and gas fields we exploit for fossil fuels?

A colossal meteorite struck Mars. Then NASA made an even bigger discovery.

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Earthrise as seen from Japans’s Kaguya spacecraft, 2009

Spooky.

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