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From an Elixir of Life to the Philosopher's Stone, mercury's long legacy is coming close to an end
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Geneticist says he's extracted enough DNA from Neanderthal fossils to create an embryo, but lacking a uterus himself he needs to find the right lady
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From a trove of ancient Roman footwear, a rethinking of military life
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Holly the cat's 200 mile journey home has scientists wondering just how animals navigate
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Turns out, the average person is far more likely to remember a Facebook status than they are a painstakingly edited sentence from a book
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Let's review the excuses. (Spoiler: None of them are good.)
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Games raised the most total money, over $80 million, on the crowd-funding site last year
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A recent study found that drivers with blind spots were more likely to hit pedestrians and less able to respond to hazardous situations
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Although the rover itself could not make the trip from Mars, a full-size model will roll in the parade alongside the real-life crew
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Until now, paleontologists have drawn a blank on the evolutionary link between the manatee's African and Jamaican relatives
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Writing about really hard things using only a couple of words is much harder than you would think
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The scourge of biblical times could open up a new way of making stem cells in the lab
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A two year old girl died after her caretaker allegedly poisoned her with chili powder
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Locals have a new nickname for their state. North Dakota: "Kuwait on the Prairie"
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Manti Te'o isn't the first person to invent (or, have invented for him) a lady. Here are five other women who never existed
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Nearly 60 years ago, Pauline Phillips became Dear Abby, and her advice has since been read by tens of millions
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Hold everything people. The blast of a star and light that happens in Star Trek when they jump to warp speed? Wrong! It wouldn't look like that at all, according to some physicists
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Set to launch in 2015, this new piece of the International Space Station is designed to be blown up like a balloon
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With just 29 dominoes, you can take down the Empire State Building
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