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The female western gray whale swam from Russia to Mexico and back, raising questions about its status as critically endangered.
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Researchers are looking into how a genetic mutation -- possibly responsible for helping those with it feel less anxious -- could help treat psychiatric disorders.
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A spacecraft named Dawn has made history by becoming the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet.
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Would you trust your own predictions over those of a well-designed statistical model? Commentator Tania Lombrozo considers new evidence on "algorithm aversion" and what it reveals.
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Nuclear waste repository projects may be developing some of the best tools for re-thinking humanity's place within the deeper history of our environment, says anthropologist Vincent F. Ialenti.
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Two young women who studied engineering want to inspire girls to become scientists by offering dolls based on real people.
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After traveling for more than a decade, the probe has reached a comet 450 million miles away, called 67P.
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This bird likes livers, kidneys, entrails — anything it can pluck that's freshly dead. But what if you served it ... a painting?
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Last month, there was word that dogs use the magnetic field to decide which way to face when they do their business. Now there's research that indicates Chinook salmon have an "inherited magnetic map" that lets them navigate thousands of miles of ocean waters and rivers.
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Each winter, a team of scientists sets out on a search for those rare shooting stars that make it to the ground instead of burning up in the sky. There aren't many better places to look for these space rocks than Antarctica, often in areas where no human has set foot before.