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Dinosaurs May Have Lived (and Died) Among Ancient Daisies

<i>Triceratops</i> loves me, <i>Triceratops</i> loves me not...

Dense smoke rises as fire engines arrive at the blast site after the deadly explosions in Binhai New Area in Tianjin, China.

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It's Strangely Difficult to Measure Big Explosions

But is it time for a makeover?

A "kissing bug," the insect whose bite can transmit the parasite that causes Chagas disease

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Why Infectious Tropical Diseases Are Returning to America

Climate, geography and economy are just a few risk factors

Female saiga at the Black Earth Nature Reserve in Russia in 2009

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What Killed Over 134,000 Endangered Antelopes?

Experts are closer to an answer

A painting of a bird from the 1633 Manual of Calligraphy and Painting.

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The World's Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Was Too Fragile to Read...Until Now

The 1633 book has now been digitized

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Why Coffee Makes Some People Poop

It's not the caffeine

Engineers at Cambridge University created a robot that could build and improve on other robots, in an artificial form of natural selection.

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Watch a Robot Evolve

It's the mother of all robots

Screenshot from the short "Chad Gadya"

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This Animation Is Made of Embroidery

It took a year and a half to create a short film using "embroidermation"

Acropora species, like those pictured above in Malaysia, seem to be targeted by a disease that destroys coral tissue.

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A Mysterious Disease Is Killing Corals

Researchers still haven't cracked the mystery of "white syndrome"

The bust of Nefertiti at the Altes Museum in Berlin

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Could a Door in King Tut's Tomb Lead to Nefertiti?

There could be more in Tutanhkamun's burial chamber than meets the eye

This man living in Dubai would need proper documentation if his bird is to fly — on an airplane, that is

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Falcons Can’t Fly Without Passports in the United Arab Emirates

ID documents are helping stamp out smuggling for the prized birds

Overwintering monarch butterflies

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Scientists Are Still Baffled by Monarch Migration

When it comes to declining winter butterfly populations, something just doesn't add up

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This is How Bread Takes Shape in Tajikistan

A poke, a slap, a prized tradition

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Watch the Perseids Peak This Week

Summer's stunning meteor shower is sure to please stargazers

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Modern Milk is Kind of Miraculous

...at least in the USA

The famous terracotta army guards the tomb of Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang. Dozens of other graves and ruins around China are not so well secured.

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What's Behind China's Professional Tomb Raiding Trend?

Move over, Lara Croft: raiding tombs is an increasingly viable career in China

Monique Hammerslag of the Dutch police force in Rotterdam with two of her recruits

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Inside a Dutch Police Academy...for Rats

Cigarette-sniffing rats are creating new job opportunities for their fellow rodents

What do this cat's pupils say about what it had for dinner?

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How Do Animals Find Food? The Answer's in Their Eyes

Pupil shape provides differing advantages to those who crave the hunt and those who hide

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Russia Might Own the North Pole

Thanks to global warming, Russia has claimed a new ocean in the Arctic

Does this look like a stoner to you?

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Did Shakespeare Smoke Pot?

Tobacco pipes in the Bard’s backyard may retain traces of cannabis, but some historians remain skeptical

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