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Genetic patterns of world’s farmed, domesticated foxes revealed via historical deep-dive
Credit: Anna Kukekova, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Domesticated animals play a prominent role in our society, with two-thirds of American…
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Debris Found in North Carolina Came From SpaceX Dragon, NASA Says
A hunk of metal found on a remote trail in a luxury camping resort in North Carolina came from a…
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Great megafauna mystery solved? Humans really did drive ancient giants to extinction
Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. More and more research shows that this species – and at least 46 other…
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How a group of butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping
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Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now
If you’ve always wanted to witness a stellar explosion, your time is about to come. T Coronae Borealis, also known…
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Researchers develop a brain-driven prosthesis for people with leg amputations
People with leg amputations were able to control their prosthetic limbs with their brains in a significant scientific advance that…
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Earth from space: Green River winds through radioactive ‘labyrinth of shadows’
quick facts Where is it? The Green River, Utah. [38.60374645, -110.01789258]. What’s in the photo? A section of the river…
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International Space Station Hit By Debris After Mysterious Satellite Destruction
In a statement about the situation and the potential danger to the International Space Station, the U.S. Space Command posted…
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How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in ancient storms.
CAMPBELL LAKE, Fla. — Emily Elliott was searching the water for something precious. Elliott, a University of Alabama scientist who…
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This mysterious ancient computer has a ‘calendar ring’ that followed the lunar year
Fresh research about ripples in the fabric of spacetime suggests a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead…
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