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A new study reveals that common over-the-counter bed bug eradication products are essentially ineffective
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Venus' next transit of the sun isn't until 2117—so read about what to watch for and make sure to look to the skies
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Enormous magma reserves may sit quietly for just thousands or even hundreds of years
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
A new technique reads DNA base by base by threading it through a tiny pore
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A substance developed at MIT sends viscous condiments pouring out of bottles with ease
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Scientists hope to look for extraterrestrial life in a new place: recently discovered caves in places like the moon, Mars and Titan
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For the first time in 18 years, a solar eclipse will be visible in the continental United States
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A new study indicates that a surprisingly high number of us are prone to sleepwalking. Should you wake a sleepwalker?
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How a brainless, single-celled organism created a startlingly efficient route map for U.S. highways
The renowned physicist enjoyed the sensation of weightlessness while 24,000 feet over the Atlantic
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Seventy-five years later, opinions still vary on what caused the airship to explode so suddenly
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Acanthaspis petax, a type of assassin bug, stacks dead ant bodies on its back to confuse predators
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On Star Wars day, we take a look at the science behind the series' most popular spacecraft and the force fields it flies through
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The moon's closest approach to earth will coincide with a perfectly full moon
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The discoverer of the world's (then) smallest frog, snake and lizard does it again with new species of Caribbean skinks
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Earlier this week, photos were released of an extremely rare killer whale off the eastern coast of Russia
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A new method reveals which pages of ancient religious texts were most frequently used—and which prayers perpetually put readers to sleep
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New data show that nearly 35 years after their launches, NASA's Voyager probes are now at the outermost reaches of the solar system
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Earlier this week, a NASA telescope captured one of the most stunning solar flares in years
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We recap the most surprising, awe-inspiring and alarming things that we have learned about the Earth and the environment since last year's holiday
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