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Port Fourchon, a seaport and hub for the petroleum industry on the marshy coast south of New Orleans

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The Plan to Save Louisiana's Coast Is a 'Moon Shot'

The plan involves moving silt from upstream down into the delta—but no one knows if there's actually enough

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By Absorbing Smells From Its Food, This Fish Gets Scent Camouflage

The harlequin filefish is a master of camoufalge

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You've Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These

Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made

The town of Portelo, in the shadow of the Pico do Fogo volcano, is now all but gone.

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A Volcano on Cape Verde Is Wiping Out Whole Towns

An eruption at the Pico do Fogo volcano has forced 1,200 people to evacuate

The Mars Rover Curiosity’s landing site in Gale Crater

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Curiosity Rover’s Mars Crater May Have Cradled Large Lakes

Signs of water on Mars aren’t new, but now scientists think water may have been there for a long time

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Dreams Are Slow-Motion

Lucid dreamers are offering insight into the sleeping mind

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California's Ongoing Drought Is Its Worst in 1,200 Years

Tree ring records unveil the severity of California's drought

Lettuce is fine, just eat something else as well.

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That Detox Diet Is Not Going to Rid Your Body of Toxins

It doesn't matter how many pureed veggies you drink, they won't vaporize those mysterious "poisons" you've heard about

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It’s Possible to See Exoplanets Without Schmancy Equipment

A cheap DSLR and some light computer processing can unveil far off exoplanets

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Like Underwater Jedi, Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Other Fish

Electric eels can shock prey into both revealing their positions and freezing in place

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy Rocket lifts off with the Orion spacecraft for its first test flight

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A Successful First Flight For NASA's Orion Spacecraft

American spaceflight enters a new era

A bleached coral reef

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Listen to the Sounds of a Dying Coral Reef

Healthy coral reefs produce a medley of sounds that ocean creatures use as homing beacons

A humpback whale in waters off southern Oman.

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Humpback Whales in the Arabian Sea Have Been Isolated for 70,000 Years

Conservationists want this particular population of humpbacks to be classified as critically endangered

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Bats Have Specific Brains Cells for Tracking Their Location While in Flight

Humans likely carry the same kind of cells in our own brains

A hippopotamus named Linda takes her calf Reginald for a swim in a pool at Whipsnade Zoo. England, 1954.

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Let Wildlife Recordings From the 1930s Take You Back to Nature

Hear African wildlife from the 1930s with the British Library's nature sound archives

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Half the Cells in This Mouse’s Brain Are Human

Researchers implanted immature human brain cells in mouse pups, which then grew and replaced nearly half the mice's own cells

A still under construction Orion space capsule at the Michoud Assembly Facility in 2012.

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Welcome to the Next Era of NASA Spaceflight...to Mars

NASA's long-distance crew capsule, Orion, will get its first test flight tomorrow

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Public Bathroom Bacteria: Not as Gross as You'd Think

Public restrooms are of no more of a health risk than your own home

An artist's interpretation of HIV in the bloodstream

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HIV's Ability to Cause AIDS Is Weakening

A combination of advanced treatments and viral evolution are slowing virus’ reproduction

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Manhattan Insects Eat the Equivalent of 60,000 Hot Dogs Each Year

Millions of urban insects act as efficient, largely unnoticed garbage disposals

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