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Two Pints of Water Can Contain the DNA of Thousands of Fish

Two pints of water from a 1.2 million gallon tank were all that was needed to identify 13,000 fish

People bake in the heat at this year's Australian Open.

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It’s So Hot They Had to Suspend the Australian Open Because Players Were Passing Out

Australia is getting hotter, creating dangerous conditions for everyone

A couple extra calories isn't going to kill you.

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Diet Soda Makes Breathalyzers Think You’re Drunk

Maybe because you are

A New Way to Find Out If Your Chocolate Is Legit

You no longer have to be expert chocolate-taster to tell whether your cacao beans are as fancy as advertised

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Do Babies Fake Cry?

Babies can be evil little creatures: they can even fake cry

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We’ve Got 1.5 Billion Years Left With a Habitable Earth

And then we need to get off this rock

Part of the primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope. Imagine this, but... more.

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No One Trusts Geoengineering—But Pretty Soon It's Not Going To Be a Choice

We're very quickly running out of time to deal with rising carbon emissions

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How Scientists Recorded the Music Inside One Woman's Head

A patient was hallucinating musical scores, and researchers have managed to record it

A locust swarm in Israel.

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Grasshopper Gut Parasites Could Stop Ruinous Locust Swarms

The microbes confuse the chemical signals that tell pestilent locusts: swarm!

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We Burn Just Half the Calories Other Mammals Do

Our slow metabolism helps explain why it takes us so long to grow up—and why we live such long lives

In addition to its limb-like front fins, Tiktaalik had large, mobile rear fins that it used to push itself around in the water.

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Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours

A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”

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One More Point for Coffee: It Might Boost Memory-Making Abilities

Research indicates that two cups of caffeine-laced coffee might enhance your ability to remember certain details

A black rhino in Tanzania.

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A Permit to Hunt a Critically Endangered Black Rhino Just Sold for $350,000

Proceeds will supposedly go toward conservation of the species

New research suggests that before the age of seven, you can remember plenty from before you were three. But after, you start to forget.

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Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7

Memories of that awesome zoo trip? Those first few birthday cakes? All gone

In the MTV show "16 and Pregnant," viewers get an inside look at the lives of teen moms.

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What's the Real Effect of "16 and Pregnant"?

Don’t make major life choices based on something you saw on TV

The Chicago skyline during the polar vortex.

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The Cold Snap Wasn’t Actually That Extreme, Global Warming Has Just Made Us Wimpy

The recent cold snap wouldn't have been so unusual in the past

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These Slave-Making Ants Use Stealth, Not Force, to Take Prisoners

Chemical camouflage allow these tiny ants to sneak past enemies' defenses and steal their babies

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The More Fires Firefighters Are Exposed to, the More Heat Resistant They Become

As firefighters are exposed to more and more fires, their bodies evolve a tolerance for those inhospitable environments

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International Space Station to Get a Four Year Life Extension

Then, in 2024, it has to crash into the ocean

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Emperor Penguins Have Some Tricks to Help Cope with Climate Change

Some penguin colonies live off the ice

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