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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 23rd, 2015
It's Happening, NASA Is Building the Most Powerful Rocket in History

It's Happening, NASA Is Building the Most Powerful Rocket in History

The rocket will one day send crews of astronauts to Mars

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 23rd, 2015
How Rich People in the Middle Ages Made Themselves Dull-Witted

How Rich People in the Middle Ages Made Themselves Dull-Witted

They inadvertently poisoned themselves with lead

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Scientists Scouting for Alien Civilization Near Bizarre Star

Scientists Scouting for Alien Civilization Near Bizarre Star

We're talking technologically advanced, super smart aliens

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Hiker in Norway Finds 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword

Hiker in Norway Finds 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword

The man says he found the sword by the side of a road

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Crocodiles Sleep with One Eye Open, Literally

Crocodiles Sleep with One Eye Open, Literally

If humans are nearby, the open eye will lock in on them

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Photo Purportedly Shows the Very Iceberg That Hit the Titanic

Photo Purportedly Shows the Very Iceberg That Hit the Titanic

The photo will be auctioned off this coming weekend

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Astronomers Spy on Distant Stars Smooching and Cuddling

Astronomers Spy on Distant Stars Smooching and Cuddling

Really, these stars are so close they're touching each other

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Ancient Medusa Head Carved in Marble Unearthed in Turkey

Ancient Medusa Head Carved in Marble Unearthed in Turkey

Myths describe the Medusa as carrying snakes on her head

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Marijuana Use More than Doubled in the US Between 2001 and 2013

Marijuana Use More than Doubled in the US Between 2001 and 2013

Disorders like abuse or dependence also became more common

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
Researchers: Our Hands Evolved Especially for Punching

Researchers: Our Hands Evolved Especially for Punching

And that's just what they've been doing for millennia

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
NASA Telescope Spots Zombie Star Tearing Nearby Planet Apart

NASA Telescope Spots Zombie Star Tearing Nearby Planet Apart

The planet will eventually be completely pulverized

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
ESA Releases Satellite View of Mount Kilimanjaro

ESA Releases Satellite View of Mount Kilimanjaro

This dormant volcano is Africa's highest mountain

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
Watch: Science Video Explains Vaccines

Watch: Science Video Explains Vaccines

Vaccines aren't nearly as risky as some think them to be

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
Sitting or Lying Long Hours Puts Your Kidneys at Risk

Sitting or Lying Long Hours Puts Your Kidneys at Risk

Study links a sedentary lifestyle to chronic kidney disease

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
76-Million-Year-Old Pig-Snouted Turtle Is One of the Weirdest Ever

76-Million-Year-Old Pig-Snouted Turtle Is One of the Weirdest Ever

The turtle lived alongside dinosaurs like tyrannosaurs

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
Milky Way in 46 Billion Pixels Is the Largest Space Image to Date

Milky Way in 46 Billion Pixels Is the Largest Space Image to Date

The view is the work of scientists in Germany

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 21st, 2015
The Hearts of Men and Women Age Differently, Study Finds

The Hearts of Men and Women Age Differently, Study Finds

It's the main pumping chamber that ages differently

 
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