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The 17-year-old female giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth
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Highways of the future may have special lanes that recharge the batteries of electric cars as they go
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Most other predators target juveniles, but our species tends to kill more full-grown adults
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Flamingos may be doing their one-legged tree pose to stay warm or just because it's comfortable
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Even the most mundane of objects associated with the Founding Father have a story
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Now that the FDA has approved Spritam, an anti-seizure drug and the first 3D-printed pill, what's next?
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Grand but dilapidated structures from many centuries ago dot the country’s landscape
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The metal sphere lets one magnetic field pass through another undetected, which could lead to improvements in medical imaging
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Breeding pandas is complicated and frustrating. The Zoo's female Giant Panda has delivered two healthy cubs in the past ten years
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These beautifully designed mini-golf courses are worth a second look
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The San Francisco Police Department may have an "Instagram officer," but other forces are trolling social media for criminal activity too
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Flat-bodied spiders that live in the rainforest strike a Superman pose to take control of their free-falls
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This week's Generation Anthropocene podcast looks at Rondônia, a textbook tale of how not to set up sustainable land use
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Mutated pests that can survive common drugstore treatments have been found in at least 25 states so far
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Researchers at Portland State University have created an app that looks at tree density in respect to neighborhood, population and pollution
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Whimsical gardens in surprising shapes decorate homes, churches and cemeteries around the world. We’ve rounded up five of the most extraordinary
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The tall, lanky jazz musician will bring his unique talents to television this fall
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Curators are betting high-tech playtime will turn today’s kids into tomorrow’s engineering visionaries
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As electrodes on the skin stimulated their spines, the study participants made "step-like" motions
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Traditionally used by some Native American peoples, sweetgrass contains chemicals known to repel pesky bugs
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