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When two stars recently collided, astronomers landed on a new theory about where gold and other heavy elements originate
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Once thought a sign of weakness, the baseball glove has become an iconic piece of equipment
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As the climate changes, India's monsoon is changing with it
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The United States Army had several advantages, but the most decisive was the professionalism instilled at West Point
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For nearly 3,000 years lettuce was associated with the Egyptian god of fertility, Min, for its resemblance to the phallus
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By distributing networks of microphones to wetlands and forests around the world, biologists could track biodiversity in a whole new way
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The ancient attack proves once and for all that the T. Rex was a hunter, not just a scavenger
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Best way to beat the heat, says curator Amy Henderson, is the summer blockbuster, but are they going the way of the dinosaurs
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A unique language is being born in northern Australia
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Thousands crammed into India's telegram offices on Sunday as the 163 year old service shuts down for good
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Although the strange sensation's cause remains unknown, scientists are searching for ways to induce that nagging feeling of familiarity
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The amorphous solid holds many mysteries, but a new study using a high-powered microscope shows that atoms in glass are organized into distorted shapes
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A category 2 hurricane will make landfall in southeastern China today
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Rina Banerjee weaves personal and global history into her new Sackler Gallery installation, opening July 13
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Take a peek at some of the living artwork entered in an international competition in Quebec this summer
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Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes
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Typically slow-growing glass sponge communities are popping up quickly now that disappearing shelf ice has changed ocean conditions around Antarctica
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New experiments show that beheaded flatworms can retain trained behaviors after their brains regenerate
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Now that passwords are neither secure nor easy, what will replace them? Fingerprint scans? Electronic tattoos? A pill?
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Alexander Calder's 40-foot black steel sculpture is getting a makeover and then returning to its original location near the American History Museum
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