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Black holes create and destroy galaxies, like this spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado.

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Technology from ‘Interstellar’ Could Be Useful to Scientists, Too

The movie’s visual effects are now being used for scientific research

Robert Sorlie and his team during the 2005 Iditarod race

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Lack of Snow Forced the Iditarod to Move Its Track

Instead of starting in Willow, Alaska, this year, the race will start 300 miles north in Fairbanks

A honeybee visits a flower in Bath, England

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City Bees Are Actually More Diverse Than Country Bees

Other pollinators don’t like urban areas as much as rural, but bees live in similar numbers across different landscapes

Fighting in Aleppo in 2013

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Can Antiquities Looting in Syria Be Stopped?

The Islamic State is selling antiquities to fund their fight, now a secretive group is trying to protect those cultural treasures

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Tourist Trash Has Changed the Color of Yellowstone’s Morning Glory Pool

Researchers have found proof of what caused a hot spring’s drastic color modification—it's people, of course

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Who’s Digging Up Hadrian’s Wall?

Rogue diggers with metal detectors are threatening a priceless archaeological site

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Hypnotize Yourself With a Record-Breaking Traditional Dance

This synchronized dance won a group of 5,211 Indian women a Guinness World Record

Abraham Lincoln in the year of his death, 1865.

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The Group That’s Been Celebrating Lincoln’s Birth for Almost 150 Years

The Lincoln Association of Jersey City claims it has the longest record of celebrating Lincoln’s legacy

Physarum polycephalum in the wild, sans piano

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A Scientist And a Slime Mold Are Set To Play a Duet

The blob-like creatures’ movements inspired a composer to create a way for slime mold to play the piano

Don't hate eggs because of the cholesterol in their yolks

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New Guidelines on Cholesterol: Eggs Are Ok, Butter's Still Bad

Experts have long pushed for the change since for most, cholesterol isn't the demon we thought it was

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Imagine Dinosaurs Tripping on Psychedelics

It could have happened.

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At Last, Make Perfect Popcorn With Science

Physicists now know why popcorn pops

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What Makes Some Orca Whales Love a Good Belly Rub?

Some pods have been observed rubbing themselves on rocky beaches; scientists are still working to understand why

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Nothing Says 'I Love You' Like a Bit of Pocket Change

Victorians seduced their sweeties with "love tokens"

The red fox is among two European imports that researchers say play a big part in the loss of some of Australia's native species.

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One-Tenth of Native Mammals in Australia Are Extinct: Blame Cats And Foxes

No other country on Earth has lost a greater proportion of land mammals over the last two centuries; now, a new study zeros in on the cause

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Human Languages Skew Positive

We’re all a bunch of pollyannas

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Why 2015 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Good Year for Snowy Owls

Ornithologists are tracking the second major snowy owl southern migration in as many years, indicating that the birds’ numbers are still going strong

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Farm Animals Could Soon Carry Wi-Fi

In a few years, shepherds might be monitoring their flocks with networks of wireless sensors

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Now for Sale: Straw Houses

One new technique for green building—making houses out of straw—actually draws on century-old ideas

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These Bells Play Seismic Shifts

Watch as UC Berkeley’s bells play the earth’s “natural frequencies”

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