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Polar bears just don’t do it for us anymore.

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For the 4th Time Since 1997, We All Just Lived Through the Hottest Year Ever Recorded

2014 beats out previous record holders even without El Niño’s warming powers

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Deaf People Could Soon Hear... Through Their Tongues

Prototype retainer could be a more cost-effective alternative to cochlear implants

Artwork depicts the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, which was launched from Earth in June, 2003 carrying the Beagle2 lander. Mars Express continues to function even today.

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Found: One Missing Mars Probe, Still Intact

High-res images of Mars' surface identify a long-missing probe and suggests that bad luck—rather than human error—caused the loss

The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket propelled critical supplies to the International Space Station.

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What the SpaceX Rocket Crash Really Looked Like

New images show Falcon 9’s dramatic crash landing

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Beavers Once Parachuted into Idaho’s Backcountry

Strange things can happen when you combine WWII military surplus, innovative thinking and a bunch of beavers in need of a new home

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Read Through Early Drafts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speeches

One website gives you a peek into the mind of one of America’s most powerful orators

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Not Exercising Is Worse for You Than Being Obese

A large-scale study estimates that twice as many deaths can be chalked up to lack of exercise than can be blamed on being obese

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Fish Sperm Might Be the Secret to Recycling Rare Earth Elements

Japanese scientists have uncovered an unlikely source to aid in the extraction and recycling of rare earth metals

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Emphasizing Natural Brilliance Might Keep Women Away From Certain Fields

Disparities in science prompted researchers to look into other fields — such as philosophy and economics — as well to find a cause

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Two New Studies Posit At Least Two New Planets Out Beyond Pluto

We may not be done learning about our own solar system

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Shivers Could Be Contagious

Looking at a chilly person could make you cold, too

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World's Loneliest Wolf Is No Longer So Lonely

As conservators work to restore and protect America’s gray wolf population, one wide-ranging male has finally found a pack to call his own

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Toystory the Bull Fathered 500,000 Cows Before He Died

Toystory, a Wisconsin “dream bull,” had more than half a million offspring at last count and is the stuff of legend.

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Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall

It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history

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The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an Infection

A sad fate: Ignes Semmelweis, a maternity doctor who fought for hospital sanitation, died of sepsis

One of many abstract images of the Moon collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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These Photos From a Lunar Orbiter Could Be Abstract Art

Our distant view of the Moon from Earth is nice, but these close-ups are amazing

Bananas (non-GM) at market in Vietnam

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Iowa GMO Banana Trial Halted

Twelve volunteers were supposed to one whole GMO banana each — but so far they have eat zero

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What's the Best Place to Live? It May Depend on Your Personality

Why you'll thrive in some neighborhoods (and feel miserable in others)

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One Orangutan Has Learned to Sound Just Like Us

This defies scientists’ former assumption that great apes just couldn’t learn new calls

James Joyce in 1938.

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Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson

The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings

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