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Earliest Known Evidence of Life Found in 3.7

Billion-Year-Old Jewel-Studded Rock

Earliest Known Evidence of

Life Found in 3.7

Billion-Year-Old

Jewel-Studded Rock

Earth

Watch Swarms of Earthquakes Sweep Across Oklahoma

A new animated map illustrates the rapid increase in seismic activity in Oklahoma, which scientists attribute to the growth of the fracking industry.

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Animals

DNA Analysis Reveals Why ‘Water Bears’ Are the World’s Toughest Animal

Animals

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Modern-Day Ornery Bird’s Doppelganger

Medicine

How Cow Antibodies Are Helping Scientists Develop an HIV Vaccine

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VR

Standing in the Flames of a Prescribed Burn

Standing in the Flames of

a Prescribed Burn

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Diving Underwater With Elusive Devil Rays

Devil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. With their population dwindling, biologists are racing to learn more about these rays before they disappear.

VR

This Could Be the Death of Urban Astronomy

City lights are blinding our view of space, and its forcing urban astronomers to rethink the way they make observations. To make matters worse, a change in the type of lights being used could be the end of some observatories.

VR

Plunging Down An Ice Track At 80mph

Experience what it's like to go down an ice luge at high speeds and with no ability to see what's in front of you.

Health

Your Body Is Designed to Attack a New Organ,

Now We Know Why

Your Body Is Designed to

Attack a New Organ, Now We

Know Why

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Energy

Stretchy Batteries Are Coming... Here's How They Work

Medicine

The Hunt for Patient Zero Is Important But Almost Impossible

Space

A Tenth Planet Could Be Warping Our Outer Solar System

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Astrophysics

As Much as Half of the Milky Way Likely Came

From Distant Galaxies

As Much as Half of the

Milky Way Likely Came From

Distant Galaxies

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Astronomy

A Dying Star's Explosive ‘Fireball' Blast Aimed a Beam of Gamma Rays at Earth

One of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever observed briefly released as much energy as the sun will emit over its lifetime, directing a narrow beam of gamma rays toward Earth by chance.

Exploration

This Is How Many People Have Died In Space

It's probably less than you think.

Space

Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment

Scientific discovery most often comes through incremental progress rather than epiphanies, and there’s no reason to suggest discovering alien intelligence will be different.

Transport

Britain Proposes Ban on Gas and Diesel

Vehicles by 2040

Britain Proposes Ban on

Gas and Diesel Vehicles by

2040

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Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Calls Out Mark Zuckerberg’s Understanding of AI Risks as ‘Limited’

The Tesla and SpaceX founder has raised alarms over advanced machine intelligence, a concern that Zuckerberg said is “really negative” and “pretty irresponsible.”

Transport

NASA Posts Archive of Flight Test Videos on YouTube

The space agency is celebrating 70 years of aircraft testing by releasing a trove of old videos showing X-planes, lunar landers, and various space shuttles.

Transport

Elon Musk Claims ‘Verbal Approval’ to Build Hyperloop From DC to NYC

But the cities Musk says he plans to connect with an ultra-fast underground transportation system say they haven’t heard anything from him about the project.

Climate

Antarctica's Meltdown May Be Worsening Due to

Shifting Wind Patterns

Antarctica's Meltdown May

Be Worsening Due to

Shifting Wind Patterns

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Animals

Sex Can Be Complicated... For Snails With Backward Organs

Snails with situs inversus, the asymmetrical mirroring of parts inside the body, are extremely unlucky when it comes to sex.

Earth

The Search for MH370 Yields Detailed Images of Remote Indian Ocean

No trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane was found during an extensive search, but the Indian Ocean is now among the most thoroughly mapped regions of the deep ocean.

Earth

Volcanic Whispers Are Helping Scientists Predict Eruptions

Scientists are using seismic noise interferometry to predict volcanic eruptions. Can these "volcanic whispers" help prevent future ruin?

Health

Alcohol Consumption Lowers Diabetes Risk —

But Is Abstaining Bad for You?

Alcohol Consumption Lowers

Diabetes Risk — But Is

Abstaining Bad for You?

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Mind

A Biological Theory of Consciousness May Be Within Reach

New research pinpoints the a-ha moment when information enters the human consciousness.

Health

Drinking Water Database Reveals the Dirtiest — and Cleanest — Supplies in the US

The Environmental Working Group compiled testing data for nearly 50,000 localities — and the results vary drastically across the country.

Health

John McCain's Brain Cancer: Here's What You Need to Know

While early detection for all cancers is important, a diagnosis of glioblastoma — the deadliest form of brain cancer — is always bad news.

Behavior

To Friend or Unfriend? How Your Relationship

Style Plays Out in Social Networks

To Friend or Unfriend? How

Your Relationship Style

Plays Out in Social

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Archaeology

5,000-Year-Long Tsunami Record Found in Guano-Encrusted Sumatran Cave

The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.

Culture

Scientists Are Corrupting Their Own Experiments, Here's How

The Observer Effect states that the very act of observation changes what we observe. If this is true, are their findings accurate?

Behavior

Trouble Sleeping? Restless Nights Evolved From Ancestors Avoiding Dangers

New research suggests that age-related sleep disorders are maybe not disorders at all but instead are legacies of our evolutionary past, when they were beneficial.