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For more than 50 years observations from Hawaii have tracked rising carbon dioxide. We're still ignoring those warnings
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"Every square meter of Mercury's surface" in one gorgeous map
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Living in the forest alongside bears and beavers, the ancient Canadian Arctic camel
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Brazilian deforestation is tied to producers of luxury Italian leather goods
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Recently, researchers explored the potential for therapy animals to help kids with autism, and found that they were more effective than toys
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Richard the Lionheart was buried without his heart, and a modern forensic analysis just unveiled how it was preserved
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During the 2006 World Cup watching a soccer game doubled the risk of a heart attack in German fans
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have cured a baby of HIV using standard HIV drugs very early in life
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Soccer players who head the ball could be injuring their brains, as well
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After a string of mishaps, Shell is pausing their bid to drill the Arctic seas
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Spiderman really could have stopped that train from falling, so long as his silk resembled that produced by the Darwin's bark spider
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If carbon dioxide emissions don't start dropping in the next few decades, we're looking at hundreds of years of high temperatures
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Populations of native fish have decreased tenfold in Lake Tahoe, and this new invader could only exacerbate the situation
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The U.S. military's Naval Research Lab teamed up with university researchers and defense contractors to set the atmosphere aglow
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This is most likely the first that authorities dubbed pollution-laden problem locations "cancer villages" in an official report
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Scientists examined hundreds of otters to arrive at these grim findings
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Whale sharks probably can't fit you down their esophagus, but mariners claim that sperm whales have swallowed people in the past
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Females judge potential mates by their penis sizes, which they use to gauge a male's attractiveness for copulation
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By harnessing bacteria to do the heavy lifting, a way to clean pharmaceuticals from waste water
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Whether dolphin vocalizations should be considered names and are used in a way comparable to humans remains contested, but research suggests that they may
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