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Researchers refine the way forensic technicians collect and analyze lipstick evidence
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Emily Temple-Wood's Women Scientist project is writing female researchers back into the conversation
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Decades have passed since the endangered species regularly frequented Cape Cod Bay
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The European Space Agency kicks off its ExoMars project to look for methane and other signs of life in the Martian atmosphere
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About the size of the human palm, the "Brian" spider can swim and hunt fish
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Social media users help scientists figure out how to accurately forecast geomagnetic events
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Meet Morgan, whose 3-week trek shows anti-poaching efforts could be working
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Japanese scientists discovered a microbe that digests one of the most common plastics
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Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos
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Originally scheduled for this month, NASA now plans to launch the probe in 2018
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Scientists finally figured out how the tiny aquatic creature opens its mouth to eat
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The massive, old trees were hiding in plain sight in the woods of a spectacular mansion
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Despite the positive intentions behind relocation, conservationists worry that it will hurt the tortoises more than it helps
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A new experiment shows that with a little help, soil on Mars could readily support agriculture
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Parts of the pacific and Indonesia went dark last night as the moon moved directly between Earth and the sun
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Patterns in ancient shipwrecks are helping scientists fill in the gaps of the patchy hurricane records
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As Earth moves between Jupiter and the sun, the gas giant will outshine the stars
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It's a give-and-take relationship: alligators may chow down on a few chicks, but they keep predators at bay
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From winding brain pathways to sparkling moth scales, these evocative images both teach and amaze
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A new Boeing prototype lavatory zaps germs with UV rays
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