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The 2021 Audubon Photography Awards

Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn: ‘How I escaped Japan in a box’

The world’s biggest ransomware gang just disappeared from the internet

The Tragic Life and Global Legacy of the Last Hawaiian Princess

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

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NASA is mapping out plans for bigger, more capable Mars helicopters

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The world’s most endangered sound

How the universe is reflected near black holes

190 years ago today the people of St. Domenico, Sicily spotted smoke bubbling from the ocean far offshore

This Is How Aliens Might Search for Human Life

Safe space: the cosmic importance of planetary quarantine

This meteorite is so old, it saw the solar system light up before the Sun was born

Oversized Goldfish Are Taking Over One Minnesota Lake

Gene therapy turns children’s lives around

Gallery: Scenes From California’s Sugar Fire

Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom

Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Churned by Small Impacts

The Science of Predicting When Bluffs in Southern California Will Collapse

Humans are practically defenseless. Why don’t wild animals attack us more?

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Spin machines: the curious history of video games on vinyl

Young alligators can regrow their tails if they get cut off, a new study reveals

An Incredibly Toxic Lake Will Become One of the US’s First Lithium Mines

The Dark Reality of Anthony Bourdain’s Final Days

When Statutory Rape Laws Led to Forced Marriages

In a women’s prison fire camp, fighting California’s infernos

High-Speed Solar Winds Travelling at 1.1 Million MPH to Impact Earth This Weekend

The secret lives of Neanderthal children

Selfie-takers among dead, say Indian police, as lightning kills 38

After 47 years, Stephen Hawking’s most important idea was just proven correct

A ‘wobble’ in the moon’s orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030s, new study finds

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On this day in 1997 a 400 pound (181 kg) chunk of ice inexplicably crashed through the roof of a factory in Brazil

For The First Time, Scientists Have Connected a Superconductor to a Semiconductor

The argument for a permanent Olympic City

On this day in 1897 three explorers set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon

Why do women tend to outlive men?

Unlocking the ‘gut microbiome’ – and its massive significance to our health

The Police Called It An Accident. She Turned to 1-800-Autopsy.

Muon g-2 Experiment Results – Profound Implications for the History of the Universe

Can People Still Play the Same Games as They Get Older?

Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transitions

NASA will attempt a ‘risky’ maneuver to fix its broken Hubble Space Telescope as early as next week

Highlights From Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flight

Who Killed Cachou the Bear? Murder Mystery in Spain Rattles Conservationists

A new theory of superconductivity

Video: Powerful fire tornado in California is latest extreme weather sign

New Plasma Thruster Concept Could Make Space Missions 10x Faster

Richard Branson’s Plan to Beat Jeff Bezos to Outer Space

With little remaining of Champlain Towers, how will we find answers?

Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery

Rare glass octopus captured on film for the first time

Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession

DARPA program seeks to develop camera tech that mimics the human brain