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Croquet Was Once the Big Thing at Wimbledon

The club has croquet to thank for its famous lawns

Through genetic engineering, researchers are trying to give high-producing black Angus cows cooler white coats to face the changing climate.

Researchers Are Trying to Genetically Engineer Cows to Stay Cool

As the planet warms, researchers are trying to engineer a cow that can beat the heat

In a new video released by the WWF, viewers can glide through the Great Barrier Reef on the back of a sea turtle.

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Researchers Strapped a Go-Pro to a Sea Turtle, and Here’s What They Got

See the Great Barrier Reef from a turtle's view

As part of a bioweapon experiment, Serratia marcescens (pictured on an agar plate above) was released in San Francisco back in 1950.

In 1950, the U.S. Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco

This was one of hundreds of bioweapon simulations carried out in the 1950s and 1960s

The robot from Toshiba sporting two cameras

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This Scorpion-Shaped Robot Will Enter One of Fukushima’s Reactors

The nuclear power plant's owners still don't know exactly what is going on inside the three reactors that melted down

A scanning electron micrograph of Yersinia pestis bacteria

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These Two Mutations Turned Not-so-Deadly Bacteria Into the Plague

The ancestor of the bacterium responsible for the Black Plague isn’t nearly as deadly

Benjamin Rush, prominent colonial physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, wrote a treatise on alcohol in 1784 that still influences how medicine views substance abuse today.

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Meet the Doctor Who Convinced America to Sober Up

Meet Benjamin Rush, father of the temperance movement, signer of the Declaration of Independence

A drone shot of the Harvest Dome 2.0, sinking over a sunken ship in Gowanus Canal

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A Sculpture Meant to Celebrate the Renewal of the Gowanus Canal Just Got Caught on Trash and Sank

R.I.P. Harvest Dome 2.0

A portion of the Great Wall of China in a more rural area

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More than 1,200 Miles of China’s Great Wall Have Been Destroyed

Only a small fraction of the remaining wall is in good condition

Dante and Virgil encounter the counterfeiters and forgers, now changed to lepers and the insane for punishment

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One of the Earliest Feature Films Was This Italian Adaptation of Dante’s Inferno

It's the earliest surviving complete feature-length film, made in 1911

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Almost Half of Black and Latina Scientists Report They’ve Been Mistaken for Administrative Assistants or Janitors

Women of color in science are more likely to experience some forms of bias

Is air in the country healthier than air in the city? One scientist has a theory as to why that's the case, and it's got nothing to do with pollution.

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Is Country Air Really Better Than City Air?

One scientist thinks it’s because of toxic plant chemicals

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A Danish Festival Will Recycle Partiers’ Urine To Make Beer

Gallons of urine will be used to fertilize barley for future festivalgoers

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SpaceX Failure Puts Dozens of Satellites on Hold

Recent losses have left other SpaceX customers in limbo

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Smelling a Fish May Improve Critical Thinking Skills

New research shows that gross smells can foster a healthy sense of distrust

A new campaign encourages fireworks enthusiasts to be courteous with their explosions this 4th of July.

For Veterans' Sake, Make A Little Less Noise With Your 4th of July Fireworks

Fireworks can trigger PTSD in some veterans, and one organization is trying to raise awareness

An artist’s illustration of the Prandtl-m flying above the surface of Mars

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This Boomerang-Shaped Aircraft Could be the First to Fly on Mars

The lightweight glider would search for potential landing spots to be used by a future manned mission to Mars

An active basalt lava flow in the wild (from a volcano, not from the lab)

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To Better Understand Lava, an Artist and Scientist Make Their Own

A lab at Syracuse University creates melts basaltic rock in a modified furnace

A collection of fish teeth and shark scales from the Early Cenozoic period.

New Research

After the Dinosaurs Died, Earth Experienced the Age of Fish

The fossil record shows how ray-finned fishes took over the planet's oceans

NASA is starting to brainstorm where humans should land on Mars.

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Where Should Humans Land on Mars? NASA Wants to Hear Your Suggestions

In October, the agency will hear proposals on where to put a Mars base

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