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A lioness from the Marsh Pride in Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya, the group of lions that was poisoned

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Bibi the Lioness, a BBC Star, Was Found Poisoned

Bibi and another unidentified lion killed by the poison were part of a pride that filmmakers followed for years

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This Is How Dolphins 'See' Humans With Echolocation

A news study capture images of what dolphins 'see' underwater

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One-Fifth of Americans Are Online Almost Every Moment

Admit it. You're among their ranks.

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Is Stonehenge a Hand-Me-Down Monument?

New research suggests the monument was first built in Wales then dragged 180 miles to its current location

An artist's depiction of the Akatsuki spacecraft in orbit around Venus.

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Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft May Finally Be Orbiting Venus

The five-year wait is over (almost)

An illustration of a Spanish galleon at the time when European travelers searched for treasure across the seas.

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Legendary Shipwreck May Have Been Found off the Colombia Coast

The sunken treasure on the Spanish galleon San Jose could be worth up to $17 billion

The cute-yet-contentious tardigrade

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Tardigrades Stir Up Controversy and Showcase Science in Action

Rival scientists quickly challenge recently published research about water bears' mysterious genomes

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Finally There’s a Scientific Theory for Why Some Words are Funny

The science behind Dr. Seuss

An artist's rendition of what the Juno spacecraft will look like as it flies by Jupiter

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NASA Needs Your Help Snapping and Processing Images of Jupiter

The public will help direct JunoCam as it twirls past Jupiter next July

A cyclist braves Beijing's smog with a face mask last month.

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Beijing Just Issued Its First “Red Alert” for Smog

Will the city's latest smog crisis spur international action on climate change?

A diver inspects the plane's forward turret.

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View a Rare Seaplane Lost Just Before the Pearl Harbor Attack

The plane was a casualty of the first phase of the raid that took place on December 7, 1941

Mount Etna's eruption on December 3, 2015 was powerful enough to produce volcanic lightning

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Watch Mount Etna and Momotombo Erupt in All Their Glory

Photos and video catch the spectacular events in action

How many curls can you count?

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A Buddha in Japan Is Missing Half of Its Curls

What happened to the Buddha of Nara's famous 'do?

Artist Johanna Barron's recreation of a Gene Davis painting called "Black Rhythm" that belongs to the CIA's art collection.

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The CIA Won’t Reveal What’s in its Secret Art Collection

An art installation questions why the CIA is keeping mum about a series of abstract paintings

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There’s a Philly Sign Language Accent

The unique signs used by people in Philadelphia hint at the history of sign language in the U.S.

This 19th-century cartoon depicts a corpse brought back to life through the power of "galvanism."

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How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire 'Frankenstein'

Galvanism sought to reanimate the dead—and in doing so provided the impetus for one of literature's most famously frightful books

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It Can Take More Than 10 Years of Work to Get a Christmas Tree Ready for Market

Helicopters can speed along the harvest, however

An ultra-marathoner runs the Ultra tour de Mont Blanc

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An Unexpected Effect of Ultra-Marathons: Brain Shrinkage

Don’t worry, it isn't permanent

Geminid meteors streak across the sky behind a barn in western Iowa.

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Catch a Glimpse of the Comet Catalina and the Geminid Meteor Shower

The meteor shower peaks next week as comet Catalina gets closer throughout the month

The LISA Pathfinder probe on display in September, 2015.

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A Space-Based Physics Lab Could Help Scientists Study How Gravity Warps Spacetime

The LISA Pathfinder Probe could help reveal the ripples caused by black holes and supernovae

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