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How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?
Live Science - Emma Bryce
Few things symbolize the onset of fall quite so well as the sight of a squirrel scampering around a park, industriously burying nuts. As the weather …
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Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System
space.com - Meghan Bartels, Space.com Senior Writer
Going, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system …
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The 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend! Here's What to Expect
space.com - Joe Rao, Space.com Skywatching Columnist
Come early Sunday morning (Nov. 18), the famous Leonid meteor shower will reach its peak, with lesser numbers expected on the preceding and following …
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California's Deadliest Fire Is Seen Engulfing Paradise in 'Astonishing' Satellite Images
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At least 66 people are dead and more than 600 missing after California's Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise on Nov. 8. Now, a new satellite view …
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Warmer, Wetter Than Usual Winter Headed for Much of US
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Just over half of the United States has no need to fear an exceptionally frigid, frozen winter in the coming months — instead, they'll likely …
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Shocked Squirrel and Shy Owl Shine in Wildlife Comedy Photos
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Animal subjects delivered comedy gold in photos that were recently honored by the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, and a very surprised-looking …
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Leaning in Finalists in the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards captured images that highlight the sillier side of animals in the wild. Emperor …
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European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws
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How do you start a colony on the moon? Can you ship everything the colonists need from Earth? That's how NASA handled brief excursions to the lunar …
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Bubbles: Sure, They Look Innocent, But They Can Be Bacteria-Spreading Menaces
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Innocent-looking bubbles can serve as a launching pad to spread bacteria from water into the air, according to a new study. The study, published Nov. …
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Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys 'Go Rogue,' Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells
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Miniature lab-grown kidneys have been hiding something from the scientists who grew them. Instead of developing into different varieties of kidney …
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Coffee Tastes Bitter, So Why Do People Drink It?
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It may sound counterintuitive, but people who are supersensitive to coffee's bitter taste actually drink more of it, a new study finds. This …
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Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti
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For urban graffiti artists, their work is sometimes on display all too briefly before rival artists cover it up. And ice age cave art suffered a …
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Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) in Your Brain
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In the latest example of bacteria being "literally everywhere," scientists appear to have found evidence of microbes living harmlessly in our …
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In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in California
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1 of 21 The Camp Fire In the early morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a wildfire broke out just outside Paradise, California, engulfing the town in black smoke. …
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Einstein Letter Warns of German Anti-Semitism 10 Years Before Nazis' Rise to Power
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A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein to his sister, Maja, has sold for $39,350 at an auction in Jerusalem. The letter, penned in 1922 from a …
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Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater Hidden Under Greenland Ice
space.com - Meghan Bartels, Space.com Senior Writer
Earth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the …
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Oldest Known Footprints in Grand Canyon Were Left by Mysterious, Sideways-Walking Reptile
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About 315 million years ago — long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth — an early reptile scuttled along in a strangely sideways jaunt, leaving its …
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What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work?
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Whether you're visiting the emergency room after a rough spill from your mountain bike or visiting your health clinic for a routine cancer screening, …
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Do Not Fear the Dark Matter Hurricane (The Dark Matter Hurricane Is Good)
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Scientists think there's a "dark matter hurricane" heading toward Earth. In fact, it might even be blowing through us already. But don't worry — it's …
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The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans
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As Earth's tectonic plates dive beneath one another, they drag three times as much water into the planet's interior as previously thought. Those are …
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Newly Uncovered Greek City May Be Legendary Home of 'Trojan War' Prisoners
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Archaeologists have uncovered portions of the ancient Greek city of Tenea, whose residents claimed they were prisoners of the Trojan War, the Greek …
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Climate Change Made Recent Hurricanes Wetter. And They May Get Worse.
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Some of the biggest storms in recent years were fueled by climate change, which increased the amount of their drenching rainfall. Future storms could …
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Scientists Are '99 Percent' Sure There's a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Our Solar System
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Sitting about 6 light-years away from our sun, the red dwarf named Barnard's star is the nearest solitary star to our solar system and the …
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Where Are All the Aliens? 'Out There' Book Excerpt
space.com - Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
In "OUT THERE: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (for the Cosmically Curious)," (Grand Central Publishing, 2018), …
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Low-Carb Diets May Burn More Calories
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Keeping weight off may be about more than just "calories in and calories out": Some diets may be better calorie-burners than others, a new study …
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Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms
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A lot of scientists think that major quantum effects like entanglement, in which particles separated by vast distances mysteriously link up their …
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Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars – and never knowing for sure if it had its own native life
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The closest place in the universe where extraterrestrial life might exist is Mars, and human beings are poised to attempt to colonize this planetary …
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Show-Off Bobcat Walks in Front of Tourists with a Dead Iguana Dangling from Its Mouth
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Bobcats are stealthy, nocturnal and generally suspicious of human tourists. As such, it's rare to see one on the daily tram tour of Arthur R. …
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This Octogenarian Is the Oldest Fish in Captivity. And She Likes Belly Rubs.
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Methuselah is no ordinary fish, and this month, she's swimming into her 80th year as a resident of the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart …
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Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal Poop
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The global invasion of microplastics now extends to the remotest islands in Chile, and the source could be your washing machine. Scientists have found …

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How Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?

Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar System

The 2018 Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend! Here's What to Expect

California's Deadliest Fire Is Seen Engulfing Paradise in 'Astonishing' Satellite Images

Warmer, Wetter Than Usual Winter Headed for Much of US

Shocked Squirrel and Shy Owl Shine in Wildlife Comedy Photos

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European Researchers Baked Fake Moon Dust into Money and Screws

Bubbles: Sure, They Look Innocent, But They Can Be Bacteria-Spreading Menaces

Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys 'Go Rogue,' Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells

Coffee Tastes Bitter, So Why Do People Drink It?

Ice Age Cave Art Found Under Layers of Centuries-Old Graffiti

Bacteria May Live (Harmlessly) in Your Brain

In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in California

Einstein Letter Warns of German Anti-Semitism 10 Years Before Nazis' Rise to Power

Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater Hidden Under Greenland Ice

Oldest Known Footprints in Grand Canyon Were Left by Mysterious, Sideways-Walking Reptile

What Are CT Scans and How Do They Work?

Do Not Fear the Dark Matter Hurricane (The Dark Matter Hurricane Is Good)

The Earth Is Eating Its Own Oceans

Newly Uncovered Greek City May Be Legendary Home of 'Trojan War' Prisoners

Climate Change Made Recent Hurricanes Wetter. And They May Get Worse.

Scientists Are '99 Percent' Sure There's a Huge Exoplanet Very Close to Our Solar System

Where Are All the Aliens? 'Out There' Book Excerpt

Low-Carb Diets May Burn More Calories

Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms

Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars – and never knowing for sure if it had its own native life

Show-Off Bobcat Walks in Front of Tourists with a Dead Iguana Dangling from Its Mouth

This Octogenarian Is the Oldest Fish in Captivity. And She Likes Belly Rubs.

Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal Poop