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The unregulated egg freezing industry is profitable for those involved, but prone to failure for those looking to get pregnant
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Cats don't do social skills
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If you could breathe in space, you wouldn't want to breathe this air
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Sophisticated plant breeding techniques (but no GMOs) and lots of money are aimed at improving this staple crop of the tropics
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Harassment runs rampant online
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Researchers found campfires and rock art at nearly 14,700 feet, suggesting ancient people lived high just 2,000 years after they reached South America
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George Murray Levick served as a photographer, zoologist and surgeon with the North Party
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In just 15 years, green anoles changed their behavior and evolved bigger, stickier toes to escape alien competitors
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A simple device lets you see cosmic rays' effects with your own eyes
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The toxic compound can kill mammals - including humans - but helps the birds rid themselves of pests
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Ultrasound technology and micro-bubbles together have pried open one of the most resistant barriers in the body
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A film excerpt follows the boss at an open-pit marble quarry in Carrara, Italy
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An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history
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The comets fall in two groups — one older and one younger — and have to contend with the orbit of a gas giant
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Hear the pitter-patter of rain in a new way
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This puts the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C to shame
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Widespread deforestation is even worse than you think
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Coral’s porous structure, with some chemical tweaks, is the perfect place for new bone and tissue to grow
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A freighter lost in that skirmish was also discovered in the "graveyard of the Atlantic"
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