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Genetic analysis of over 5,000 dogs suggests that they were originally domesticated in Mongolia and Nepal
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Don’t rewrite the Earth’s history just yet
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Here’s what the night sky has to offer this week
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A landmark court ruling allows the tech giant digitize library books
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After a historic drought, a 16th-century church has reemerged
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How crop artist Stan Herd made an acre-wide ode to "Olive Trees"
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The best presidential perk is about to get even better
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The IceCube observatory at the South Pole collects roughly 36 terabytes of data a year in the search for 'special' neutrinos
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The lost sea snake isn’t the only problem the California can expect to face during a strong El Niño year
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It may be our brains overriding what is there with what it expects to see, according to new research
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A designer's ingenious timeline covers the Big Bang to the Internet
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Doubts surrounded the incriminating photo since Kennedy was assassinated in 1963
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Microgravity is the best place to figure out why raindrops are round
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The edge of the Roman Empire, recreated with tiny toy blocks
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Nesting birds and their droppings can keep space scientists’ telescopes from getting a clear signal
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A new flyby has revealed a spidery network of cracks crisscrossing its northern pole
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The zookeepers say it is an educational opportunity
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Midday drowsiness might mean you’re already drifting off
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A technology suprisingly inspired by Darth Vader
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