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Live Closer to a Gas Well, And There’s Likely More Gas in Your Water

The team found low levels of methane in 115 of 141 Marcellus Formation shale gas wells they sampled

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Plants Do Math Every Single Day

Math, the researchers say, is a vital component of a plant's ability to grow and thrive

Blue tits being winter piggies.

Birds That Gorge Themselves in Winter Have Fewer Chicks in Spring

The well-fed birds' babies were smaller and weighed less than the chicks belonging to birds that had to scrape by during the cold months on their own wits

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One of Our Nearest Neighbor Stars Has At Least Six Planets, And Three May Be Habitable

Three potentially habitable planets orbit a star just 22 light years away

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Song of Fire and Ice: Watch What Happens When Lava Meets Ice

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We Still Have No Idea Why Women Have Orgasms

Most researchers hypothesize that the orgasms must have something to do with facilitating the meeting of sperm and egg, but studies prove inconclusive

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This Stunning, Six-and-a-Half Hour Video of the Night Sky Will Transport You to the Desert

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The World’s Oldest Wild Bear Is Showing Her Age

She's 39 and a half, and she's the oldest wild bear in the world

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The Olympic Torch Is Going to Space

For the 2014 games, Russia is sending the Olympic torch to space

How a Physics Diagram Was Named After a Penguin

1977 Ellis made a bet with a student, Melissa Franklin, and lost. The result can be seen in physics classrooms all over the world: the penguin diagram

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The Periodic Table of Elemental Discoveries

A periodic table showing which countries are associated with which elemental discoveries

A Supermoon in 2009 rises below the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Get Set for Saturday’s Supermoon

This Saturday's Supermoon will be the most Supermoon-y Supermoon of the year

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Clapping is Contagious

The majority of clapping has to do with the audience around you, not how much you enjoyed the show

For Immediate In-the-Moment Happiness, Head Outdoors

Study participants were significantly and substantially happier when they were outside surrounded by green or in a natural habitat

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One in Eight Bird Species Is Facing Extinction

The good news is that saving the birds - and other wildlife, for that matter - is within our reach, if we only chose to do so

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Check Out This Beautiful Gigapixel Panorama of Mars

This huge gigapixel panorama gives a stunning view of the red planet

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Waking Up With a New Accent: Foreign Accent Syndrome Is a Real Thing

After brain trauma, some wake up with a whole new accent

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Your Compost Will Not Attract Vermin, Take Over Your Apartment or Produce Toxic Fumes

Recent arguments against composting don't stand up to evidence or experience

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The Science of How to Survive a Bear Attack

If a bear is coming for you, what should you do? Play dead? Fight back? Climb a tree? Science has the answer

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Sex Itself is Deadly for These Poor Little Male Spiders

For these male spiders, having sex starts an irreversible process that ends with their death

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