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1 kilometer (0.62 mile)-long fissure in Iceland's Holuhraun lava field on August 29

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Icelandic Volcano Is Erupting Spectacularly (And Relatively Quietly)

The eruption, currently spewing lava fountains, could go on for a year

A wild boar mama in Germany.

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Radioactive Boars Are Roaming Around Germany

The boar's meat is too contaminated from Chernobyl's radiation to be fit for human consumption

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The Surprisingly Complicated Reason Why Stars Look Like They Have Points

Stars are star-shaped because of imperfection in our eyes

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RIP Sexy Space Geckos

The five geckos sent to space have all died

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Ghostly Neutrinos Created in the Heart of the Sun Are Finally Detected

This is the most direct evidence supporting researchers’ ideas about how the Sun is powered

A rhesus macaque. Not one with ebola

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Ebola Drug ZMapp Cured 18 Monkeys

How well the drug works in humans, however, isn't so clear

No amount of scrubbing is going to stop the fact that your house is coated in your bacteria

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Your House’s Germs Are Yours, And They’ll Follow You If You Move

Your house is laced with microbes shed by your body

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This Is Your Brain on Your Favorite Song

When people listen to music they enjoy, their brains drift into a resting daydream, regardless of the genre

A protestor holding his hands up chants "Hands up, don't shoot" as SWAT police unit stands guard during protests against police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the United States, around midnight of Aug. 18, 2014.

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Walking in Formation Makes Men Feel More Powerful

Men who walk in lockstep see outsiders as less threatening

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Whale-Watching Can Actually Be Harmful To Whales

Ecotourism can give people a closer look at wildlife, but in the case of whales, it could also harm the wildlife they're looking at

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. stands with the U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 12 mission.

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The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder

The smell of the Moon is not just the smell of space

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What's Replacing Coal In Europe? Imported Wood

In trying to meet renewable goals, Europe is relying on wood from forests in the Southern United States

A false-color image of the "Orion" dust particle

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NASA Has Very Likely Captured the First Space Dust From Beyond Our Solar System

A handful of rocky particles could tell us about the birth of our Sun and its planets

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Fully Functional Thymus Grown In Mouse

Growing organs for human transplant is still a long way off, but this study is still a step forward

Methane bubbling up from underneath an Alaskan Lake

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Gas, Probably Methane, Is Seeping From 570 Sites off the East Coast

A new study shows that we might find additional sources of methane in places we least expected it

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Corals And Fish Can Tell a Bad Reef When They Smell It

New research indicates that young marine species can be picky about where they choose to settle

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Scientists Are Actually Talking About Building Giant Space Lasers to Control the Weather

This is what happens when you refuse to do things the easy way

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Elephant Poachers Also Targeting Vultures

Vultures are being targeted by elephant poachers in Africa

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Give Someone a Virtual Avatar and They Adopt Stereotype Behavior

People behave differently depending on the appearance of their digital avatar

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Tuberculosis Probably Hitched A Ride To America on Seals

A new study finds that TB is not only younger than we thought, but it also spread in weird ways

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