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A baby penguin and its parent greet the disguised rover.

New Research

Rovers Disguised as Baby Penguins Can Quietly Infiltrate Penguin Colonies

Normally wary penguins seem unfazed when there's a smartly dressed robot in their midst

A worker installs filters on an experimental carbon capture and storage project in Spremberg, Germany, July 19, 2010.

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It’s Still Possible to Stop the Worst of Climate Change

Say so long to fossil fuels

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during its initial unveiling in 2009.

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Just Crashed in California

The private spaceflight company was testing a new fuel for their experimental spaceship

New Research

Did the Gladiators Drink an Energy Drink Made of Ash?

Gladiators were getting extra calcium in their diet

Cool Finds

We Can Measure How Traffic Vibrates the Earth

Special instruments called geophones help researchers distinguish the signatures of big trucks rumbling down the highway and planes taking off

These are a pretty good idea regardless.

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Scientists Are Pretty Sure Survivors Can't Transmit Ebola Sexually

Research suggests Ebola survivors aren't infectious, but scientists aren't ruling it out

New Research

Your Reaction to “Gross” Pictures Can Betray Your Political Beliefs

Liberal and conservative brains show different activity patterns when they look at pictures of things typically thought of as disgusting

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Australia’s Koalas Have Chlamydia, But a New Vaccine Could Save Them

The sexually transmitted disease threatens the health of one of Australia’s iconic marsupials

An artist's impression of the triple-star system of GG Tau-A, which might have the right conditions for planet formation

New Research

This Newly Forming Planet Will Have Three Suns

A triple-star system has two disks of gas and dust that could form planets

President Obama discussing Ebola at a meeting with the UN.

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Scientists Who Traveled to Ebola-Infected Countries Are Being Asked to Skip a Big Tropical Medicine Meeting

Researchers from the frontline of the fight against Ebola must cancel their plans to attend an upcoming conference in New Orleans

A slice of tissue from a mini human stomach stained with fluorescent dyes

New Research

Researchers Grew Miniature Human Stomachs from Stem Cells

The tiny lab dish-dwelling organs will help researchers monitor the progression of disease and test new drugs

New Research

Pat Yourself on the Back, America: The U.S. Is Not Freaking Out About Ebola (For the Most Part)

Poll numbers show most Americans aren't succumbing to the fear over Ebola

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Rainbows Don’t Include Purple Light, So Why Do They Sometimes Seem To?

Supernumerary rings, supernumerary rings, supernummrings

New Research

A Couple’s First Two Kids Make Them Briefly Happier; the Third Not So Much

Older couples get the most joy from their new addition to the family, teens the least

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This Headline Is Trying to Manipulate You, And It's Working

Bad headlines stick with you, even if you read the story

An Espanola Galapagos giant tortoise under an arboreal prickly pear cactus. The cactus is a vital part of the tortoise's diet, but the surrounding woody plants - a leftover problem caused by goats - prevent the cactuses from regrowing.

New Research

Giant Tortoises Have Made a Comeback From 15 to 1,000

Española giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Galapagos National Park and are breeding on their own

The now non-existent Antares rocket sits on the launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility on October 26, 2014.

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The Antares Rocket Explosion Wasn't Orbital Sciences' First Big Malfunction

Orbital Sciences has lost some of NASA's gear before, because going to space is really, really hard

Surface oil burning during the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon spill

New Research

Found: Millions of Gallons of Missing Oil From Deepwater Horizon

Oil that sank to the seafloor left a ring the size of Rhode Island

The skeleton was discovered near the American Falls dam and reservoir in Idaho.

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What Appears to Be a Complete Mammoth Skeleton Was Discovered in an Idaho Ditch

A nearby reservoir has just covered the fossil in water, however, postponing the excavation

Lava flow from the Kilauea volcano.

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Lava Is Poised to Consume Some Homes in Hawaii

Lava is creeping across the Big Island's Puna district at a rate of about 10 to 15 yards per hour

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