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How "asteroid detectives" protect Earth from potential impacts

How "asteroid detectives" protect Earth from potential ...

NASA was recently tracking a large asteroid, known as the "city killer," after f...

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22% of butterflies in U.S. disappeared in 2 decades, study finds

22% of butterflies in U.S. disappeared in 2 decades, st...

A study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflie...

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"Colossal woolly mouse" created in effort to reconstruct the woolly mammoth

"Colossal woolly mouse" created in effort to reconstruc...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by...

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Mice genetically engineered to resemble extinct woolly mammoth

Mice genetically engineered to resemble extinct woolly ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by...

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Study finds growing levels of microplastics in human brains

Study finds growing levels of microplastics in human br...

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, a...

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Mexican long-nosed bats now being tracked via "eDNA" using their saliva

Mexican long-nosed bats now being tracked via "eDNA" us...

Endangered Mexican long-nosed bats are now being tracked via "eDNA" using their ...

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U.K. firm finds way to turn damaging greenhouse gas into useful products

U.K. firm finds way to turn damaging greenhouse gas int...

Methane is one of the climate-damaging gases emitted by industry, but a British ...

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Why does a big elk sound so puny?

Why does a big elk sound so puny?

In this animated video essay, "Sunday Morning" contributor Robert Krulwich and a...

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Egypt announces discovery of the lost tomb of King Thutmose II

Egypt announces discovery of the lost tomb of King Thut...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first disc...

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Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in new study

Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in ne...

A clinical trial from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center looked at the effec...

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