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Recently Discovered Spider Is Named After Physicist Brian Greene

About the size of the human palm, the "Brian" spider can swim and hunt fish

The northern lights glow over Castle Sands in Saint Andrews, Scotland at 10 P.M. Sunday, March 6, 2016. Captured by Aurorasaurus participant Alex Thompson

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With Breathtaking Pictures, Citizen Scientists Help Map Auroras

Social media users help scientists figure out how to accurately forecast geomagnetic events

"Meditation and Minou," 1980, by Will Barnet.

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The Worcester Art Museum’s New Exhibit Is All Cats, All the Time

New art exhibit will trace humans' captivation with cats throughout history

Elephants in Kenya's Tana River, Morgan's home territory

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Epic Journey Brings First Elephant to Somalia in 20 Years

Meet Morgan, whose 3-week trek shows anti-poaching efforts could be working

A worker sorts plastic in a recycling plant in Bangladesh. A new bacteria could make her job obsolete

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Could Plastic-Gobbling Bacteria Save the Environment?

Japanese scientists discovered a microbe that digests one of the most common plastics

Peter Strien was 21 years old when he was wounded at the battle of Fort Steadman.

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These Eerie Civil War Photos Changed How the U.S. Saw Veterans

Reed Bontecou's groundbreaking photography used a new medium to bring attention to the wounds of war

Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris with the thunder run.

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A New Production of "King Lear" Features 18th-Century Special Effects

The Bristol Old Vic’s thunder run hasn’t been used since 1942

Each year, FLAP lays out birds collected by volunteers in a bid to raise awareness about the dangers of bird/building collisions.

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This Pattern Is Made of 2,100 Dead Birds

It’s all part of a bid to raise awareness of the plight of birds that crash into city buildings

An illustration of galaxy superclusters and cosmic voids, similar to the structure of the BOSS Great Wall

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Meet the BOSS, the Largest Structure in the Universe (So Far)

Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos

NASA's InSight lander inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.

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NASA Delays the InSight Probe's Voyage to Mars

Originally scheduled for this month, NASA now plans to launch the probe in 2018

Scientists studied Hydra vulgaris to determine how the animal opens its mouth

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How Hydra Rip Open New Mouths at Every Meal

Scientists finally figured out how the tiny aquatic creature opens its mouth to eat

The palace is surrounded by old-growth forest that seems to contain the oldest trees in Europe.

Found: The Biggest Collection of Ancient Oaks in Europe

The massive, old trees were hiding in plain sight in the woods of a spectacular mansion

Royall has fallen—Harvard Law School wants a new logo.

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Harvard Law Will Ditch Its Signature Shield Because of Its Slaveholding Roots

Student protests upended another on-campus symbol of racism and forced labor

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The Marine Corps Plans to Airlift Over 1,000 Desert Tortoises

Despite the positive intentions behind relocation, conservationists worry that it will hurt the tortoises more than it helps

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love #TheShirt

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Mr. Darcy’s Wet Shirt is Coming to the United States

It’s the costume that launched an entire generation of Jane Austen lovers

Crops certainly can be grown in the popular Hollywood stand-in for Mars, the valley Wadi Rum in southern Jordan.

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Move Over Matt Damon: Scientists Grow Ten Crops In Faux Martian Soil

A new experiment shows that with a little help, soil on Mars could readily support agriculture

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Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Electronic Music Pioneer Clara Rockmore

The theremin virtuosa would have been 105 years old today

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Virtual Reality is Coming to Real-Life Rollercoasters

Soar with Superman or pilot an alien-fighting jet

A view of the total solar eclipse captured from Donggala, Indonesia.

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Check Out These Photos From Last Night’s Solar Eclipse

Parts of the pacific and Indonesia went dark last night as the moon moved directly between Earth and the sun

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Italy Thinks Its 'Za Should Be a United Nations Cultural Treasure

Italy wants its Neapolitan pizza to be added to Unesco's cultural heritage list

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