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A 15-foot male hippo carefully negotiates his enormous body down a sheer cliff. It's the shortest and most direct route to the water
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Two weeks before he died, the legendary astronaut wrote a letter in recognition of the 2016 American Ingenuity Awards
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The American hero died at the age of 95
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The future of urban development takes on a new twist when the president lives among the clouds
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A California startup “bioprospects” for sponges, algae and other organisms whose chemistry may be useful to the world of medicine
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Museum director Kirk Johnson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the new dinosaur hall, home to the T-Rex
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John Lewis was the grandnephew of the first President of the United States
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Bottoms is the nation's largest inland marsh, an area of over 60 square miles. It's also the favored resting spot of many species of migrating birds
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Go back in time, underground
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If only there were such an easy fix for climate change
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The African Art Museum at its first award ceremony recognizes two international artists who have overcome personal hardships to excel
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An unprecedented mapping project shows the elusive patterns of Earth's surface water over 30 years
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Cheetah meetups: In a novel study, researchers show that roaming cheetahs likely use their noses to seek each other out after weeks apart
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It has always had the potential for chaos—one that hasn’t been tapped...yet
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Does faster communication cause more problems than it solves?
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The transition from caterpillar to butterfly is a process that consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
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The Sikorsky JRS-1 flew right through the middle of it on December 7, 1941
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A whirlwind of action, both organized and organic, supported by legal defense teams brought historic change
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Rodney Mullen, the godfather of skateboarding, says the sport is all about overcoming disbelief and seeking new connections
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