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Cows' mottled coats may have evolved to help keep flies away.
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It's no surprise that many of food health labels stray from truth, but how can we cut the rubbish and identify the things that are actually good for us?
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Though all eyes are on Curiosity, space agencies from around the world have by no means been resting on their laurels.
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If we let athletes dope all they want, just how big, fast and strong can they really get?
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53 million years ago, Antarctica was so warm that palm trees lived along its shores.
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The opening of parts of the Arctic Ocean each summer, and the melting of surface ice on northern landscapes, driving a gold rush into the Arctic frontier
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Several of the characteristics that define a psychopath also correspond to the traits that make for effective leaders. For politicians, this is true
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The Curiosity lander sets down in just a few days, and here's who to follow on Twitter in anticipation
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Nasal hallucinations are a real thing, and they stink
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Getting your daily dose of awe inspires patience, altruism, and life satisfaction
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The Galapagos recently finished exterminating 80,000 invasive goats from the island
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Power grids supplying both the northern and eastern parts of India went down, throwing 620 million people, or 8.9% of the world population into darkness
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New research reveals that the flu virus has mutated into a novel strain of influenza, which transfers not just from bird to seal, but from seal to seal
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No one, not even the experts, really knows what's about to happen
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Molecular biology professor David Goodsell is just as skilled with a microscope as with a paint brush
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A new study shows that right-handed and left-handed people make different choices
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Bad news for coffee drinkers: It turns out that those cheap coffee pots found in offices are one of the biggest energy hogs in the modern workplace
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The things we do to animals for the LOLs might not be as innocuous as they seem
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Scientists are all atwitter over Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons and one of the most likely places in our solar system to harbor life
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Images of the evacuated area around the Fukushima Daiichi power plant offer a glimpse at a world without humans
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