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Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney.

New Research

Scientists Find Life in Antarctica’s Blood Red Falls

The underground microbes could help scientists detect life on other planets.

An artist's interpretation of the Gaia spacecraft -- mistaken for a small moon this week

Cool Finds

The Time a Space Observatory Was Mistaken for a Second Moon

For 13 hours, the space observatory Gaia was misidentified as a natural satellite orbiting Earth

A male Gentoo penguin brings stones to a female with chicks

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Penguins May Use Poop to Melt Snow From Breeding Sites Before They Get it On

The observation comes from analyzing thousands of images captured by remote cameras trained on penguin colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula

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Vatican Science Academy Urges Government Action on Climate Change to Protect Poor

Pope Francis will issue proclamation in wake of recent summit

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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones

A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) with prey, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

New Research

Hawk Found in Vancouver “Wins” Most Polluted Bird in the World Award

The "flameproof" bird's liver was full of flame retardant chemicals

The Hubble Space Telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Been In Space for 25 Years, Here's What it Has Seen

The telescope has sent back some real beauties

Light micrograph of a two-celled human zygote (the earliest stages of the embryo)

New Research

Gene Editing in Human Embryos Ignites Controversy

Chinese researchers have published the results of using a new gene-editing tool on human embryos

New Research

Scientists Clash Over Stegosaurus Sexing

A new paper is causing controversy with claims that dinosaurs’ sex can be determined by their bones

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Watch A Dangerous Yet Lovely Volcano Erupt in Chile

Calbuco volcano springs to life after more than 40 years of dormancy

Several Yanomami at the community of Irotatheri, in Venezuela, wait to preform a dance for visiting journalists

New Research

Even an Isolated Amazonian Tribe’s Microbes Are Antibiotic Resistant

The finding of antibiotic resistance in people who have never taken antibiotics highlights how hard it will be to combat superbugs

New Research

A Record-Breaking Clock Won’t Lose a Second For Another 15 Billion Years

Strontium atomic clocks could eventually help scientists map the Earth’s shape

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FBI Admits Pseudoscientific Hair Analysis Used in Hundreds of Cases

Nearly 3,000 cases included testimony about hair matches, a technique that has been debunked

New Research

Cognitive Scientists Question a Journal's Gender Balance

A major journal publishes a special issue with a striking lack of women authors

Scientists use underwater vehicles like these to study eruptions beneath the surface.

Journey to the Center of Earth

This is What An Underwater Volcano Sounds Like

Decoding the noises of magma and bubbles will help scientists study explosions from afar

Cool Finds

There Might Really Be a Planet X, Lurking Beyond Pluto

The far reaches of our own solar system could contain worlds undiscovered.

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This Is Why You Like to Cry In the Shower

Hot, steamy, sad

Ice cores in Colorado are stored in a freezer at -33F. The core pictured here is from Greenland.

Cool Finds

Ice Scientists of the Future Will Study Glaciers That No Longer Exist

Glaciologists are stocking up on ice cores to ensure a future for their field

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Does That Button Really Work, Or Is It a Placebo?

Fake buttons are more common than you might think

A false-color image of Ceres mimics what human eyes would see

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Dawn Spacecraft Sends First Color Images of Ceres

Red and blue tell the tale of a dwarf planet covered in rock and ice

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