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New Zealand scientists discover ‘ghost shark’

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Ruby Franke’s Path From 8 Passengers to ConneXions to Prison

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For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage

One of the World’s Oldest Board Games is Even Older Than We Thought

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How Ben Franklin and Lord Rayleigh used little more than oil and water to calculate a molecule’s size

The MAD Computer Program

The Quest to Build a Telescope on the Moon

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The Russian Bot Army That Conquered Online Poker

Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping

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