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The agency is looking for creative contributions as it readies its mission to study and sample a near-Earth asteroid
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As the driest rainy season in 35 years threatens southern Africa, elephants have become a flashpoint
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The Renaissance scientist set the stage for modern astronomy
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The toasty planet’s atmosphere is similar to a gas giant’s
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One of the world's deadliest missiles could become a planetary life-saver
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New DNA evidence suggests that ancient humans got busy with our stocky Neanderthal cousins much earlier than previously thought
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Rare fossil may be an ancient relative of the potato
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The scientific breakthrough is more than a creepy experiment—one day, it could save lives
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Researchers put participants in the world’s most stressful kitchen for the sake of science
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A paradoxical solution to help protect the species
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These New Zealand sparklers aren’t stars—they’re insects
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Scientists chased and crushed cockroaches—and their results could one day save lives
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Relive the horror of watching your computer catch a ‘90s-era virus
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Travel to the world of tomorrow—today!
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Earth's neighbors have never seemed so tantalizingly close
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A new Danish kindergarten was envisioned by the way a child might draw a house
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The internet is abuzz with rumors of a big announcement—here are a few things you should know to decipher the news
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Researchers used old portraits and letters to study the master's hands
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