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The newly-named "Ninja Lanternshark."

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A New Species of Shark Gives a Hat Tip to Both Jaws and Ninjas

Some lucky kids got to name this gnarly-looking fish

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China’s Lunar Rover Discovered a New Kind of Moon Rock

The Yutu Rover has discovered a type of basalt unlike anything else ever found on the moon

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What Exactly Was the Christmas Star?

The Star of Bethlehem may not have actually been a star

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Washington State Has Released up to 3,200 Inmates Early Thanks to Computer Glitch

The software bug has been miscalculating release dates for 13 years

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Listen to Bob Dylan Read '’Twas the Night Before Christmas'

A favorite voice interprets a classic

Pile of yarn or unknotting opportunity?

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Tied Up in Knots? Call a Yarn Detangler

A niche group of knitters specializes in wrangling disobedient skeins

This mysterious object was discovered buried in a Jerusalem cemetery.

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It Took Israeli Authorities Months to Identify This Strange, Gold Object

Ancient artifact or back massager?

Smile! You're at the DMV!

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Virginians Can Now Legally Smile for Their Licenses

That trip to the DMV is about to get a little less awful

The back shell of NASA’s InSight spacecraft being lowered onto the lander, last July, in preparation for the mission.

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Here's Why NASA Had to Postpone a 2016 Mission to Mars

A leak in a key instrument on board the InSight lander means the team will have to wait for the next launch window in 2018

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Oysters Could Save Staten Island From the Next Hurricane Sandy

A living breakwater could prevent future flooding while cleaning polluted waters

Coast Redwood trees are one of the more than 200 species threatened by extinction around the world.

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Meet the World’s Most Threatened Christmas Trees

Some conifers' survival is endangered by disease, deforestation and competition

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This Hearing Test Can Be Taken Over the Phone

Though it doesn't replace a visit to a doctor, researchers hope it will persuade more people to seek help

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Archivists Are Trying to Preserve Paris’ Post-Attack Memorials

Future generations will know how Parisians responded to attacks in their city

An illustration of a prosthetic hand.

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Sensors Designed for Prosthetic Hands Could Lead to New Textile Standards

Haptic sensors might help figure out if thread count really matters

This yellow-bellied watersnake gave birth without male contact in the last eight years.

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In Nature, Virgin Births Are Pretty Common

Fish do it, bugs do it, even some species of snakes do it

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The FDA Lifted a Lifetime Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men Giving Blood

Or did it?

This photo of two short-nosed sea snakes alerted researchers to the species' survival, even though they were thought to be extinct for 15 years.

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They’re Back: Supposedly Extinct Sea Snakes Have Been Found in Australia

Nearly 15 years later and about 1,000 miles away from the last sighting, the snakes could be making a comeback

Astronomers have discovered strange chemicals in interstellar objects like the Horsehead Nebula.

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Scientists Are Searching for Space Chemicals That Could Never Exist on Earth

Bizarre chemicals in deep space could help explain the origins of life

A long exposure captures the Falcon 9's launch and return.

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SpaceX's Rocket Stuck the Landing

During the first Falcon 9 launch in six months, the first stage booster rocket make a neat u-turn in air and a clean landing on the ground

Nicholas Cage, Tyrannosaurus returner.

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Nicholas Cage Returned a Stolen Dino Skull

The actor paid $270,000 for the skull of one of T. rex's cousins

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