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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 1st, 2015
Watch: Lightning Strikes Illuminate Volcanic Ash Cloud

Watch: Lightning Strikes Illuminate Volcanic Ash Cloud

The oddly mesmerizing video was shot in Patagonia

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 29th, 2015
Scientists Can Guess Your Ancestry from Your Fingerprints

Scientists Can Guess Your Ancestry from Your Fingerprints

Apparently, our fingerprints reveal if we're black or white

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 29th, 2015
NASA Observatory Sees the Sun Let Out a Mighty Flare

NASA Observatory Sees the Sun Let Out a Mighty Flare

The flare peaked on Sunday, September 28, at 10:58 EDT

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 28th, 2015
NASA Reveals Gorgeous Views of Sunday's Lunar Eclipse

NASA Reveals Gorgeous Views of Sunday's Lunar Eclipse

Here's what the rare eclipse looked like

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 28th, 2015
NASA: Liquid Water Flows on Mars Today

NASA: Liquid Water Flows on Mars Today

It flows intermittently, but it flows alright

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 28th, 2015
NASA Teases Major Mars Finding

NASA Teases Major Mars Finding

Some say it's found liquid water on the Red Planet

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 24th, 2015
Listen: Giraffes Humming Under the Cover of Darkness

Listen: Giraffes Humming Under the Cover of Darkness

Giraffes talk too, it's just that we don't hear them

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 24th, 2015
Hubble Space Telescope Sees Shrapnel from Exploded Star

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Shrapnel from Exploded Star

The star exploded millennia ago, NASA astronomers say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 23rd, 2015
First Humans in Australia Were Greeted by Giant Killer Lizards

First Humans in Australia Were Greeted by Giant Killer Lizards

Fossil evidence sheds new light on life in ancient Australia

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 23rd, 2015
Astronomers See Stellar Nursery 5,500 Light-Years Away

Astronomers See Stellar Nursery 5,500 Light-Years Away

This nebula measures about 15 light-years across

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 21st, 2015
Not Going to the Loo When You Have to Makes You a Better Liar

Not Going to the Loo When You Have to Makes You a Better Liar

Investigation reveals it's easier to lie with a full bladder

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 21st, 2015
Watch: Ping Pong Ball Meets Liquid Propane

Watch: Ping Pong Ball Meets Liquid Propane

The ping pong ball begins to spin like crazy

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 20th, 2015
Distant Merging Galaxies Imaged by Hubble

Distant Merging Galaxies Imaged by Hubble

The pair is known to astronomers as NGC 3921

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 20th, 2015
Birth Control Pills Linked to Increased Stroke Risk

Birth Control Pills Linked to Increased Stroke Risk

Some women should be discouraged from taking such pills

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 20th, 2015
Watch: Some of the Best Views of Pluto Yet

Watch: Some of the Best Views of Pluto Yet

Video will take you on a tour of the dwarf planet

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 18th, 2015
Gorgeous Photo Shows the US Seen from Aboard the ISS

Gorgeous Photo Shows the US Seen from Aboard the ISS

The photo was taken by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 18th, 2015
Smoking Linked to Increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Smoking Linked to Increased Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Here's yet another reason to kick the habit

 
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