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Cassini Flies Toward a Fiery Death on Saturn
Launched in 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission has reshaped scientific understanding of the solar system’s most exotic planet and its mysterious moons.
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Gregory Berns Knows What Your Dog Is Thinking (It’s Sweet)
The neuroscientist scans the brains of dogs for glimpses at their inner lives. One conclusion: Fido does love you.
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Why Bats Crash Into Buildings
Smooth, vertical plates — like those in skyscrapers and other human structures — can fool bats into thinking they are flying in open air, according to a new study.
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Starting Fires to Unearth How Neanderthals Made Glue
Some 200,000 years ago, Neanderthals used tar to attach handles to tools and weapons. Archaeologists performed experiments to show how they could have made this adhesive.
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CreditDerek Keats, via Wikimedia Commons Wild Dogs Sneeze When They Are Ready to Hunt
The number of African wild dogs in a pack who sneeze determines whether or not the pack goes on a hunt.
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CreditEric Thayer for The New York Times Harvey Swept Hazardous Mercury Ashore. The Mystery: Its Source.
A property owner rolled the silvery globules around in the palm of his hand before he realized they were clusters of mercury, a dangerous liquid metal.
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CreditNick Capezzera for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung. Life on Mars: An Interplanetary Marriage
Six people are living in isolation for eight months on a volcano in Hawaii as part of a NASA-funded study to simulate human exploration of Mars. In the sixth episode of this 360-video series, we observe the challenges of an interplanetary marriage.
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CreditSue Ogrocki/Associated Press Jim Bridenstine to Be Nominated by Trump to Lead NASA
The former Navy pilot is in his third term in Congress and would be the first elected official to serve as NASA administrator if confirmed by the Senate.
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CreditNASA/ESA/M. Estacion (STScI) Sync your calendar with the solar system
Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that's out of this world.
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Scientists offer a comprehensive look at the chemical warfare that makes us cry when we cut into an onion.
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Credit The Secret Ingredient That Stops Honeybees From Becoming Queens
Researchers have identified the molecule from plants that finds its way into the “bee bread” fed to honeybee larvae and determines their destiny.
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Credit Casting Light on Mystery of a Star That Vanished After 14 Days
First spotted by Korean astronomers in 1437, scientists have found it again in the form of a violent star system that experienced a nova explosion.
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Credit Hunting Moose in Canada to Save Caribou From Wolves
Scientists found in the remote rain forests in British Columbia that letting people hunt more moose led to fewer wolves and more endangered mountain caribou.
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Credit The Prehistoric Puzzle of How Plesiosaurs Swam Through the Oceans
As dinosaurs ruled the Earth, these Loch Ness monster-like creatures prowled the oceans with an unusual swimming technique, scientists believe.
