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Here’s What Animals Are Up to While They Wait for Their Wildlife Centre to Reopen

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Here’s What Animals Are Up to While They Wait for Their Wildlife Centre to Reopen

Molly Taft

Will Cryogenically Frozen People Ever Be Revived?

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Will Cryogenically Frozen People Ever Be Revived?

These Slugs Cut Off Their Own Heads When They Want a New Body

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These Slugs Cut Off Their Own Heads When They Want a New Body

Ancient Memorisation Trick Boosts Long-Term Memory and Changes the Brain

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Ancient Memorisation Trick Boosts Long-Term Memory and Changes the Brain

Gatorade Created a Wearable Patch That Tells You How Much Gatorade to Drink

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Gatorade Created a Wearable Patch That Tells You How Much Gatorade to Drink

Andrew Liszewski

Dinosaurs Like T. Rex Were More Tyrannical Than We Realised, New Research Suggests

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Dinosaurs Like T. Rex Were More Tyrannical Than We Realised, New Research Suggests

An Extinct Cave Bear’s DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years

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An Extinct Cave Bear’s DNA Was Still Readable After 360,000 Years

Meet the First Endangered Animal to Be Cloned in North America

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Meet the First Endangered Animal to Be Cloned in North America

Scientists Want to Know Why This Adorable Rodent Can Glow in the Dark

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Scientists Want to Know Why This Adorable Rodent Can Glow in the Dark

Scientists Find a Way to Communicate With Dreaming People

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Scientists Find a Way to Communicate With Dreaming People

Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk

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Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk

Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It’s Surprisingly Jiggly

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Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It’s Surprisingly Jiggly

Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds

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Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds

Video Game-Playing Pigs Stretch Our Concepts of Animal Intelligence

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Video Game-Playing Pigs Stretch Our Concepts of Animal Intelligence

Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns

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Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns

Huge Fish, Once Believed Extinct, Isn’t the ‘Living Fossil’ Scientists Thought

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Huge Fish, Once Believed Extinct, Isn’t the ‘Living Fossil’ Scientists Thought

George Dvorsky

Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their Guts

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Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their Guts

The ‘Time Has Come’ to Extend Human Embryo Research From 14 to 28 Days, Argues Bioethicist

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The ‘Time Has Come’ to Extend Human Embryo Research From 14 to 28 Days, Argues Bioethicist

George Dvorsky

Could We Populate Another Planet With Genetically Modified Organisms?

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Could We Populate Another Planet With Genetically Modified Organisms?

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

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Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

Honeybees Fend Off Asian Giant Hornets With Poop

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Honeybees Fend Off Asian Giant Hornets With Poop

Do Adaptogens Actually Work?

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Do Adaptogens Actually Work?

How Hackers Could Trick Unwitting Scientists Into Producing Dangerous Genes

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How Hackers Could Trick Unwitting Scientists Into Producing Dangerous Genes

Shoshana Wodinsky

Physicists 3D Print a Boat That Could Sail Down a Human Hair

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Physicists 3D Print a Boat That Could Sail Down a Human Hair

These Semi-Aquatic Mice Are as Fascinating as They Are Adorable

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These Semi-Aquatic Mice Are as Fascinating as They Are Adorable

George Dvorsky

Australia Has Venomous Snakes, Spiders, and… Trees

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Australia Has Venomous Snakes, Spiders, and… Trees

Why Do We Have Butts?

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Why Do We Have Butts?

The Secret To Holding Your Breath For 20 Minutes

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The Secret To Holding Your Breath For 20 Minutes

Robbie Gonzalez

Extinct Tasmanian Tigers Were Way Tinier and Wimpier Than We Thought

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Extinct Tasmanian Tigers Were Way Tinier and Wimpier Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

Can You Overdose On Weed?

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Can You Overdose On Weed?

Sweet-Smelling Locust Pheromone Could Be Key to Stopping Their Swarms

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Sweet-Smelling Locust Pheromone Could Be Key to Stopping Their Swarms

George Dvorsky

Can Ageing Really Be Treated or Cured? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

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Can Ageing Really Be Treated or Cured? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

Zachariah Wylde

How Do People Actually ‘Die From Old Age’?

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How Do People Actually ‘Die From Old Age’?

How Sperm ‘Swim’ May Be Nothing But an Optical Illusion

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How Sperm ‘Swim’ May Be Nothing But an Optical Illusion

How Mutant Zebrafish Helped Unlock the Secret to Their Stripes

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How Mutant Zebrafish Helped Unlock the Secret to Their Stripes

Christian Yates

Ancient Microbes Spring to Life After 100 Million Years Under the Seafloor

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Ancient Microbes Spring to Life After 100 Million Years Under the Seafloor

George Dvorsky

What’s the Best Human Brain Alternative for Hungry Zombies?

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What’s the Best Human Brain Alternative for Hungry Zombies?

Is Plant ‘Intelligence’ Just a Human Fantasy?

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Is Plant ‘Intelligence’ Just a Human Fantasy?

Sofia Quaglia

I Just Remembered That I Ate A Murder Hornet Once

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I Just Remembered That I Ate A Murder Hornet Once

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

It Could Take Decades For The Ocean Floor To Recover From Deep Sea Mining

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It Could Take Decades For The Ocean Floor To Recover From Deep Sea Mining

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Viruses Make Us Question What It Means To Be Alive

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Viruses Make Us Question What It Means To Be Alive

When Scientists Gave MDMA To Octopuses, The Results Were Profound

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When Scientists Gave MDMA To Octopuses, The Results Were Profound

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Freaky Spiral Thing Is Alive

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This Freaky Spiral Thing Is Alive

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How An 18th Century Explorer Can Help Us Understand The Algorithms Taking Over Our World

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How An 18th Century Explorer Can Help Us Understand The Algorithms Taking Over Our World

Giacomo Bagarella

Scientists Find Evidence Of Deep-Sea Fish Migration Route

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Scientists Find Evidence Of Deep-Sea Fish Migration Route

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Mapping All Cells In The Human Body

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Scientists Make Breakthrough Toward Mapping All Cells In The Human Body

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Life Is Thriving 2,600 Feet Beneath The Seafloor

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Life Is Thriving 2,600 Feet Beneath The Seafloor

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Put Trackers On Cats To Reveal The Extent Of Their Ecological Destruction

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Scientists Put Trackers On Cats To Reveal The Extent Of Their Ecological Destruction

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Bizarre Discovery Reveals Chlamydia-Like Bacteria Beneath The Arctic Seafloor

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Bizarre Discovery Reveals Chlamydia-Like Bacteria Beneath The Arctic Seafloor

George Dvorsky

Hundreds Of Critically Endangered Vultures Killed In Possible Poisoning

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Hundreds Of Critically Endangered Vultures Killed In Possible Poisoning

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Female Biologists Bring Much-Needed Perspective To Science

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Female Biologists Bring Much-Needed Perspective To Science

Hannah Thomasy

Scientists Create Snapshot Of How The New Coronavirus Latches Onto Human Cells

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Scientists Create Snapshot Of How The New Coronavirus Latches Onto Human Cells

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

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Prehistoric ‘Cat’ Skull Actually Belonged To An Ancestor Of Modern Wolverines

George Dvorsky

Cat Food Foils Scientists

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Cat Food Foils Scientists

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Your Dog’s Ice-Cold Nose May Be A Sensor For Detecting Heat At Distance

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Your Dog’s Ice-Cold Nose May Be A Sensor For Detecting Heat At Distance

George Dvorsky

Solar Storms Could Confuse Whales And Cause Mass Strandings

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Solar Storms Could Confuse Whales And Cause Mass Strandings

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Birds Learned To Avoid Yucky Food By Watching Videos On The Computer

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These Birds Learned To Avoid Yucky Food By Watching Videos On The Computer

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Create Atomic-Level Image Of The New Coronavirus’ Potential Achilles Heel

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Scientists Create Atomic-Level Image Of The New Coronavirus’ Potential Achilles Heel

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Crows Evolved Into A New Species, Boned The Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

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These Crows Evolved Into A New Species, Boned The Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Meet Iowa’s 400,000 Year Old Living Fossil

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Meet Iowa’s 400,000 Year Old Living Fossil

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Turned A Normal Jellyfish Into A Speedy Cyborg Jellyfish

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Scientists Turned A Normal Jellyfish Into A Speedy Cyborg Jellyfish

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Bird Went Extinct, Then Evolution Recreated It

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This Bird Went Extinct, Then Evolution Recreated It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Using A DNA-Based ‘Computer,’ Scientists Get The Square Root Of 900

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Using A DNA-Based ‘Computer,’ Scientists Get The Square Root Of 900

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Describe Trove Of New Bird Species On Indonesian Islands

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Scientists Describe Trove Of New Bird Species On Indonesian Islands

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Are Whales Big, But Not Bigger?

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Why Are Whales Big, But Not Bigger?

M. Savoca and J. Goldbogen and N. Pyenson

A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

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A New Study Shows An Animal’s Lifespan Is Written In DNA — For Humans, It’s 38 Years

Benjamin Mayne

Scientists Sequence The Genome Of America’s Famous Extinct Parakeet

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Scientists Sequence The Genome Of America’s Famous Extinct Parakeet

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Examining How Primates Make Vowel Sounds Pushes Timeline For Speech Evolution Back By 27 Million Years

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Examining How Primates Make Vowel Sounds Pushes Timeline For Speech Evolution Back By 27 Million Years

Thomas R. Sawallis and Louis-Jean Boë

Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

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Ancient Penguins Were As Tall As People, And We’ve Discovered The Evolutionary Link

Jacob Blokland

New NYC Law Would Require New Buildings To Have Bird-Friendly Windows

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New NYC Law Would Require New Buildings To Have Bird-Friendly Windows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

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Scientists Fear Insect Populations Are Shrinking, Here Are Six Ways To Help

D. Yeates and K. Hogendoorn and M. Sanders

Humans Alone Were Responsible For This Big Atlantic Seabird’s Extinction, New Evidence Shows

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Humans Alone Were Responsible For This Big Atlantic Seabird’s Extinction, New Evidence Shows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Sterilisation Breakdown Potentially Exposes Nearly 1,200 Patients To Infectious Diseases

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Sterilisation Breakdown Potentially Exposes Nearly 1,200 Patients To Infectious Diseases

George Dvorsky

I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

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I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Deep-Sea Vents Might Solve Mystery Of Ancient Ocean Carbon

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Deep-Sea Vents Might Solve Mystery Of Ancient Ocean Carbon

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Stunning Fossil Discovery Uncovers The Second-Most Primitive Flying Bird

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Stunning Fossil Discovery Uncovers The Second-Most Primitive Flying Bird

George Dvorsky

DNA Could Be One Of A Million Possible Genetic Molecules

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DNA Could Be One Of A Million Possible Genetic Molecules

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Do Fish Sleep?

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How Do Fish Sleep?

Culum Brown

Some Animals Pause Their Own Pregnancies, But How They Do It Is Still A Mystery

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Some Animals Pause Their Own Pregnancies, But How They Do It Is Still A Mystery

Jane Fenelon

Why Do Placebos ‘Work’?

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Why Do Placebos ‘Work’?

Scientists Find New Crustacean Species Living In Whale Shark’s Gills

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Scientists Find New Crustacean Species Living In Whale Shark’s Gills

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Migrating Eagles Accidentally Racked Up Enormous Phone Bill

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These Migrating Eagles Accidentally Racked Up Enormous Phone Bill

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Incredible New Fossils Show How Quickly Mammals Took Over After Dinosaur Extinction

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Incredible New Fossils Show How Quickly Mammals Took Over After Dinosaur Extinction

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

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Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

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Scientists Debut Precise New Gene-Editing Technique That Overcomes Some Of CRISPR’s Problems

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

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World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

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Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

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Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

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2019 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To Researchers Who Unravelled How Cells Sense Oxygen

Newly Identified Electric Eel Species Is Most Shocking Animal Ever

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Newly Identified Electric Eel Species Is Most Shocking Animal Ever

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What’s The Best Medicine?

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What’s The Best Medicine?

Scientists Discover New Beaked Whale Species Off Japanese Coast

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Scientists Discover New Beaked Whale Species Off Japanese Coast

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How I Tried To Sell The ‘Healing’ Crystals In My Ears

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How I Tried To Sell The ‘Healing’ Crystals In My Ears

Eleanor Cummins

Crows Get Higher Cholesterol From Eating Our Cheeseburgers

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Crows Get Higher Cholesterol From Eating Our Cheeseburgers

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Which Animal Will Develop Human-Level Intelligence In The Future?

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Which Animal Will Develop Human-Level Intelligence In The Future?

Nah Or Aww? Human-Size Penguins Once Waddled Across New Zealand

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Nah Or Aww? Human-Size Penguins Once Waddled Across New Zealand

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Can You Laugh To Death?

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Can You Laugh To Death?

Timid, Secretive, Mildly Venomous Snake Missing At American Zoo In The Middle Of A Thunderstorm

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Timid, Secretive, Mildly Venomous Snake Missing At American Zoo In The Middle Of A Thunderstorm

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How To Stop Seagulls From Stealing Your Food Or At Least Make Them Feel Guilty About It

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How To Stop Seagulls From Stealing Your Food Or At Least Make Them Feel Guilty About It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Deadly Germ Lab Shut Down Due To Sloppy Work, Leaky Equipment

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Deadly Germ Lab Shut Down Due To Sloppy Work, Leaky Equipment

George Dvorsky