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Dennis Kimetto after setting a world record at the 41st BMW Berlin marathon

What Will It Take For Someone to Run A Marathon in Under Two Hours?

Course design, genetics, training and luck all have a hand in this game

The Park Service Wants to Cull 900 of Yellowstone's 4,900 Buffalo

The Park Service will be killing bison that stray from the park

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2014 Nobel Prizes

Just enough to catch up

A protester holds the cut off nose of the statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin after it was toppled during a rally on the central square of eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 28 September 2014.

Ukrainian Protesters Are Auctioning Off the Nose of a Massive Lenin Statue

Lenin's ears are also, reportedly, up for grabs

The Aral Sea as of August 19, 2014. The black outline shows the lake's extent in 1960.

The Aral Sea Is Pretty Much Gone

The fourth largest lake in the world is less than a tenth of its former size

Thousands of walruses gathered at a beach in Point Lay, Alaska.

35,000 Walruses Are Crowding Onto One Alaskan Beach

Some animals have already been killed on the beach, most likely by stampedes

Eyewitness images shot by a hiker trapped on the top of Mout Ontake. The hiker was able to descend after a few hours through deep ash.

Japan's Mount Ontake Erupted Suddenly Over the Weekend

36 hikers are feared dead; because of toxic gas, rescue operations have been suspended

Anyone Can Make Up Their Own Weird Or Random Holiday

Case in point: Today is International Coffee Day as well as National Poisoned Blackberries Day

Drone equipped with camera

Who Can Use Drones This Week?

Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks

A farmer sprays soybeans with herbicide

The USDA Approved a New GM Crop to Deal With Problems Created by the Old GM Crops

Weeds became resistant to the herbicide partner of older genetically modified crops

An Artist's rendition of HAT-P-11b crossing in front of it's star

Water Vapor Found on Small, Cloudless, Hot Planet

NASA announced yesterday that water vapor had been detected on exoplanet HAT-P-11b

Wolf Hunting Made Illegal Again in Wyoming

A federal judge called the state’s management plan inadequate, though wolf numbers and genetics are still strong

The Mangalyaan orbiter back when it was still on the ground.

India's Space Agency Made It to Mars on the First Try

India's Mangalyaan orbiter dropped into orbit around Mars last night

Deforestation in Liberia

Norway Is Paying Liberia To Stop Deforestation

Norway is promising Liberia $150 million to stop cutting down trees by 2020

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) on June 9, 2014

Canada and Australia Don’t Want To Play Along With U.N. Climate Summit

Political leaders from Canada and Australia, along with a few others, are skipping the U.N. climate summit today

Irish students refine their winning entry, a method for promoting crop growth

Meet the Teen Winners of Google's Science Fair

A flying fruit fly-inspired robot and a bacterial solution for world hunger are among the three winners

An artist's conception of MAVEN in orbit around Mars

Mars Just Got a New Robotic Explorer

NASA's MAVEN orbiter dropped into orbit last night

Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema, July 10, 2014

There’s a Black Market in Africa for Ebola Survivors’ Blood

Using survivors' blood is an unproven treatment option

Alibaba has launched its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange this morning.

Three Short Answers to Why Alibaba's Worth So Much

Alibaba just raised $21.8 billion during its initial public offering

With Record Turnout In Referendum, Scotland Votes No

In a close race, Scotland decides to stay a part of the United Kingdom

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