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As SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Docks Successfully U.S. And Russia Launch Cold War-Era Quips On The Ground

Alyse Stanley

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Historic Automated SpaceX Crew Dragon Docking A Success

Tegan Jones

Artist's depiction of a large asteroid striking Earth. (Image: Don Davis/SWRI)

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Dino-Killing Asteroid Spawned a Huge Magma Chamber That Lasted Millions of Years

George Dvorsky

Look at this guy! (And the eels and the prawn!) (Screenshot: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL)

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1 month ago

Scientists Captured New Footage of the Deepest-Living Octopus

Yessenia Funes

Monkeys in Kerala, India. These are not the monkeys who stole the coronavirus blood samples. (Photo: Getty Images)

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1 month ago

Monkeys in India Stole Covid-19 Blood Samples, Chewed on Them

Ed Cara

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1 month ago

Latest Coronavirus Science: How Covid-19 Spreads in a Family

Ed Cara

SpaceX successfully launched two NASA astronauts into orbit on Saturday. (Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images)

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1 month ago

SpaceX Successfully Launches NASA Astronauts to Space Station

George Dvorsky

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1 month ago

What’s the Deal With All These Cicadas?

Alyse Stanley

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1 month ago

SpaceX’s Starship Prototype Explodes in Fourth Failed Test

Alyse Stanley

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Trees are Getting Shorter and Younger

Dharna Noor

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The Allosaurus Was A Cannibal Dinosaur, Study Shows

Sarah Basford

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1 month ago

Asymptomatic Cases of COVID-19 Might Be More Common Than We Think

Sarah Basford

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Great, Now Murder Hornets Are Turning Up in New Places

Dharna Noor

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1 month ago

Your AI Chatbot Therapist Isn’t Sure What It’s Doing

Camille Sojit

The Juukan rock shelters as they appeared on May 15, nine days before they were destroyed by explosions. (Image: PKKP)

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1 month ago

Mining Company Blows Up 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site, Expresses No Regrets

George Dvorsky

Graphical representation of incoming Fast Radio Burst wavelengths, some lagging behind as the result of meeting free electrons in intergalactic space - evidence of missing baryonic matter. (Image: ASKAP)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Intergalactic Pulses Solve Mystery of Universe’s Missing Matter

George Dvorsky

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1 month ago

Lots of People Have Weird Digestive Troubles, Global Survey Finds

Ed Cara

View from Agulhas II, the ship from which the AUVs were deployed. (Photo: Julian Dowdeswell)

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Ancient Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss Dwarfs Modern Melting, Study Finds

Yessenia Funes

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1 month ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Space Suits Sure Are Something

Whitney Kimball

A woman passes by a memorial in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, on May 27, 2020. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)

Science & Health

1 month ago

U.S. Hits Grim Coronavirus Milestone, Passing 100,000 Confirmed Deaths

Tom McKay

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1 month ago

Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here [Updated]

George Dvorsky

Artist’s depiction of the asteroid that that struck Earth some 66 million years ago. (Illustration: Chase Stone)

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1 month ago

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck Earth at ‘Deadliest Possible Angle,’ New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

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1 month ago

Study Finds Vaping Puts an ‘Incredible Amount of Stress’ on Mouth Bacteria

Ed Cara

Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall in South Carolina. (Gif: CIMSS)

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1 month ago

Bertha Is the First Tropical Storm to Make Landfall This Year, and Hurricane Season Hasn’t Even Started Yet

Brian Kahn

Malkovich and Carell in Space Force. (Photo: Netflix)

Entertainment

1 month ago

How Netflix’s Space Force Acts Like a Parallel Universe to Our Own

Germain Lussier

Film subject Christian Cooper and director Jeffrey Kimball attend the HBO Documentary Films Celebrates “Birders: The Central Park Effect.” (Photo: Getty)

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1 month ago

‘We Belong Here’: Racist Central Park Video Shows Why We Need Diversity Outdoors

Yessenia Funes

The newly re-designated Comet P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) as observed on June 11, 2019, using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) Network in Chile. (Image: JD Armstrong/IfA/LCOGT)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Turns Out That ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is a Comet in Disguise

George Dvorsky

Trump supporter hold a rally to call for the reopening of the California economy in Woodland Hills, California, on May 16, 2020. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Only Half of Americans Say They will Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 According to New Poll

Matt Novak

Science & Health

1 month ago

Insurance Companies Are Subsidizing Fox News’ Coronavirus and Climate Misinformation

Dharna Noor

Workers building a house near Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Burnaby Terminal in British Columbia in March 2018. (Photo: Jason Redmond, AFP via Getty Images)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Alberta Energy Minister Says the Pandemic Is a ‘Great Time’ to Build Pipeline Due to Limits on Protests

Tom McKay

A pregnant woman walks past a street mural in Hong Kong on March 23, 2020. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Pregnant Women With Covid-19 May Have Higher Risk of Placenta Injury, Study Finds

Ed Cara

A pair of narwhals breaching the surface. (Image: NOAA)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Scientists Record Rarely Heard Sounds Made by Narwhals

George Dvorsky

Migratory birds fly south over the U.S.-Mexico border (Photo: Getty)

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1 month ago

Migratory Birds Are Failing to Adapt to Climate Change

Dharna Noor

Left: Art from Yilbilinji 1 showing small-scale figures. Right: Stencil templates made by the researchers. (Image: L. M. Brady et al., 2020/Antiquity)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Miniature Rock Art Found in Australia May Have Been Stenciled by Children

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

1 month ago

Michael Moore’s Garbage Planet of the Humans Has Been Removed From YouTube

Yessenia Funes

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Here Are Some Upsetting Parasites

Ed Cara

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1 month ago

Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground

George Dvorsky

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken wearing SpaceX spacesuits and with a Tesla Model X behind them. (Image: NASA)

Science & Health

1 month ago

NASA and SpaceX Are ‘Go’ For Historic Launch of Crew Dragon With Astronauts on Board

George Dvorsky

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1 month ago

The Climate Case for the Four-Day Work Week

Brian Kahn

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1 month ago

Say Hello to ‘Glacier Mice,’ a Herd of Mysterious Moving Moss Balls

Jody Serrano

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1 month ago

COVID-19 Pandemic Sees A Surge In The Sales Of Bane Masks

Shabana Arif

Trump: Churches Are ‘Essential’ And Should Reopen Immediately Because I Said So

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1 month ago

Trump: Churches Are ‘Essential’ And Should Reopen Immediately Because I Said So

Alyse Stanley

Plane Cabins Are Havens For Germs, But They Can Clean Up Their Act

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1 month ago

Plane Cabins Are Havens For Germs, But They Can Clean Up Their Act

Ipek Kurtböke

Australian Quantum Technology Could Become A $4 Billion Industry And Create 16,000 Jobs

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1 month ago

Australian Quantum Technology Could Become A $4 Billion Industry And Create 16,000 Jobs

Cathy Foley and Dominic Banfield

Does Vitamin D Protect Against Coronavirus?

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1 month ago

Does Vitamin D Protect Against Coronavirus?

Elina Hypponen

Is Donald Trump Wise For Taking Hydroxychloroquine To Ward Off COVID-19?

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1 month ago

Is Donald Trump Wise For Taking Hydroxychloroquine To Ward Off COVID-19?

Teresa G. Carvalho

Why Your Ears Pop (And What To Do If They Don’t)

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Why Your Ears Pop (And What To Do If They Don’t)

Andrew Tarantola

This Is Why Magpie Poop Is Black And White

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This Is Why Magpie Poop Is Black And White

Gisela Kaplan

We Helped Choose The Animals And Plants Most In Need After The Bushfires, Here’s How

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We Helped Choose The Animals And Plants Most In Need After The Bushfires, Here’s How

The Conversation

‘Vampire Fish’ Gorged On Great Lakes Trout Until The Invasive Species Was Subdued

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‘Vampire Fish’ Gorged On Great Lakes Trout Until The Invasive Species Was Subdued

Oana Birceanu

Why Bats Don’t Get Sick From The Viruses They Carry

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1 month ago

Why Bats Don’t Get Sick From The Viruses They Carry

Livia O. Loureiro

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7 Ways To Manage Your Coronaphobia

Jill Newby and Aliza Werner-Seidler

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1 month ago

No, That’s Not A Baby Platypus

Sarah Basford

Before Epidemiologists Began Modelling Disease, It Was The Job Of Astrologers

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2 months ago

Before Epidemiologists Began Modelling Disease, It Was The Job Of Astrologers

Michelle Pfeffer

Why Saliva Tests Could Offer A Better Alternative To Nasal COVID-19 Swabs

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2 months ago

Why Saliva Tests Could Offer A Better Alternative To Nasal COVID-19 Swabs

Pingping Han

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2 months ago

How To Count Like A Bee

Scarlett Howard and Adrian Dyer

Coronavirus Is A ‘Sliding Doors’ Moment, And What We Do Now Could Change Earth’s Trajectory

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2 months ago

Coronavirus Is A ‘Sliding Doors’ Moment, And What We Do Now Could Change Earth’s Trajectory

The Conversation

Peak Oil Isn’t Here But It Could Be In Sight

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2 months ago

Peak Oil Isn’t Here But It Could Be In Sight

Erik Shilling

What Would Really Happen If Thanos Erased Half Of All Life On Earth?

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2 months ago

What Would Really Happen If Thanos Erased Half Of All Life On Earth?

Robin George Andrews

Humans Coexisted With Three-Tonne Marsupials And Lizards As Long As Cars In Ancient Australia

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2 months ago

Humans Coexisted With Three-Tonne Marsupials And Lizards As Long As Cars In Ancient Australia

S. Hocknull and A. Dosseto and G. Price

Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Krill And The Sea Life That Depends On It

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2 months ago

Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Krill And The Sea Life That Depends On It

Devi Veytia and Stuart Corney

The Positives And Negatives Of Mass Testing For Coronavirus

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2 months ago

The Positives And Negatives Of Mass Testing For Coronavirus

Jennifer MacLachlan and Benjamin Cowie

Why Astronomy Matters In Times Of Crisis

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2 months ago

Why Astronomy Matters In Times Of Crisis

Fred Watson

Latest Climate Models Suggest Heat Could Be Worse Than We Thought

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2 months ago

Latest Climate Models Suggest Heat Could Be Worse Than We Thought

Michael Grose and Julie Arblaster

Science & Health

2 months ago

What Are Blood Types?

Christine Helms

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2 months ago

Why Is My Poo Green?

Vincent Ho

You Can Now Buy A Robot Dog For The Cost Of A Large TV

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2 months ago

You Can Now Buy A Robot Dog For The Cost Of A Large TV

Leah Williams

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2 months ago

Is Isolation A Feeling?

Carly Osborn

92% Of Australians Don’t Know The Difference Between Viral And Bacterial Infections

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2 months ago

92% Of Australians Don’t Know The Difference Between Viral And Bacterial Infections

Paul De Barro

Why We Can’t Use Antibody Tests For Diagnosing COVID-19 Yet

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2 months ago

Why We Can’t Use Antibody Tests For Diagnosing COVID-19 Yet

Larisa Labzin

Carbon Emissions Fell During COVID-19, But It’s The Shift Away From Coal That Matters

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2 months ago

Carbon Emissions Fell During COVID-19, But It’s The Shift Away From Coal That Matters

Frank Jotzo and Mousami Prasad

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2 months ago

How Radio Shaped The World

Peter Hoar

Science & Health

2 months ago

Leopard Slugs Mate In The Most Beautifully Bizarre Way, And Nobody Knows Why

Angus Davison

Science & Health

2 months ago

Why Your Zodiac Sign Is Probably Wrong

James Kaler

AI Tool Searches Thousands Of Scientific Papers To Guide Researchers To Coronavirus Insights

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2 months ago

AI Tool Searches Thousands Of Scientific Papers To Guide Researchers To Coronavirus Insights

Amalie Trewartha and John Dagdelen

How The Earth’s Last Supercontinent Broke Apart To Form The World We Have Today

Science & Health

2 months ago

How The Earth’s Last Supercontinent Broke Apart To Form The World We Have Today

Alexander Lewis Peace

Human Activities Are Responsible For Viruses Crossing Over From Bats And Causing Pandemics Like Coronavirus

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2 months ago

Human Activities Are Responsible For Viruses Crossing Over From Bats And Causing Pandemics Like Coronavirus

Narveen Jandu

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2 months ago

Your Cat Is A Killing Machine

The Conversation

Why Frogs Love To Lay Their Eggs In Elephant Footprints

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2 months ago

Why Frogs Love To Lay Their Eggs In Elephant Footprints

George Dvorsky

7 Climate Change Novels That Imagine Our Possible Futures

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2 months ago

7 Climate Change Novels That Imagine Our Possible Futures

Adeline Johns-Putra

I Measure Whales With Drones To Find Out If They’re Fat Enough To Breed

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2 months ago

I Measure Whales With Drones To Find Out If They’re Fat Enough To Breed

Grace Russell and Daniele Cagnazzi

5 Crucial Ways For Australia To Stay Safely On Top Of COVID-19

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2 months ago

5 Crucial Ways For Australia To Stay Safely On Top Of COVID-19

C Raina MacIntyre

What Caused Major Climate Change In The Past?

Science & Health

2 months ago

What Caused Major Climate Change In The Past?

James Renwick

How Medieval Writers Struggled To Make Sense Of The Black Death

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2 months ago

How Medieval Writers Struggled To Make Sense Of The Black Death

Kriston R. Rennie

Elephants Get Drunk Because They Can’t Metabolise Alcohol Like Us

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2 months ago

Elephants Get Drunk Because They Can’t Metabolise Alcohol Like Us

Mareike Janiak

Study Suggests New Hydrogen-Based Approach To Finding Extraterrestrial Life

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2 months ago

Study Suggests New Hydrogen-Based Approach To Finding Extraterrestrial Life

David Rothery

How ‘Death Ships’ Spread Disease Through The Ages

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2 months ago

How ‘Death Ships’ Spread Disease Through The Ages

Joy Damousi

Why Doesn’t Anybody Seem To Care About The U.S. Military Releasing UFO Videos?

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2 months ago

Why Doesn’t Anybody Seem To Care About The U.S. Military Releasing UFO Videos?

Adam Dodd

‘Biohackers’ Are Showing The Power Of DIY Science

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2 months ago

‘Biohackers’ Are Showing The Power Of DIY Science

Andrew Lapworth

Even If We Eliminate Coronavirus, We’ll Probably Never Eradicate It

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2 months ago

Even If We Eliminate Coronavirus, We’ll Probably Never Eradicate It

Adrian Esterman

Australian Scientists Discover ‘Virgin’ Bees That Don’t Have Sex And Only Give Birth To Females

Science & Health

2 months ago

Australian Scientists Discover ‘Virgin’ Bees That Don’t Have Sex And Only Give Birth To Females

Sarah Basford

We Can’t Ignore Climate Change In Our Recovery From Coronavirus

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2 months ago

We Can’t Ignore Climate Change In Our Recovery From Coronavirus

Anna Skarbek

Museums Are Working Hard To Preserve Coronavirus Artefacts

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2 months ago

Museums Are Working Hard To Preserve Coronavirus Artefacts

Anna M. Kotarba-Morley

Scientists Are Investigating Whether Nicotine Protects Against Coronavirus

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2 months ago

Scientists Are Investigating Whether Nicotine Protects Against Coronavirus

A. Bauman and L. Shepherd and M. Ding

Why Detachment Is Crucial For Mental Health When You’re Working From Home

Science & Health

2 months ago

Why Detachment Is Crucial For Mental Health When You’re Working From Home

Wladislaw Rivkin

What’s Lost When We’re Too Afraid To Touch The World Around Us?

Science & Health

2 months ago

What’s Lost When We’re Too Afraid To Touch The World Around Us?

Chunjie Zhang

How The Climate Impact Of Beef Compares With Plant-Based Alternatives

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2 months ago

How The Climate Impact Of Beef Compares With Plant-Based Alternatives

Alexandra Macmillan and Jono Drew

The COVIDSafe Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough To Protect Australian Privacy

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2 months ago

The COVIDSafe Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough To Protect Australian Privacy

Katharine Kemp and Graham Greenleaf

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2 months ago

5 Reasons Why Zoom Meetings Are So Exhausting

Libby Sander and Oliver Bauman

Science & Health

2 months ago

Humans Will Never Colonise Mars

George Dvorsky

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