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Sep 19, 2018

Astronomers Just Discovered The Real-Life Star Trek Planet Vulcan

Creator of the series, Gene Roddenberry, identified a real-life star as the planet Vulcan's would-be sun. As it turns out, there actually is a "Vulcan" orbiting that star.

Sep 19, 2018

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Astronomers Just Discovered The Real-Life Star Trek Planet Vulcan

Creator of the series, Gene Roddenberry, identified a real-life star as the planet Vulcan's would-be sun. As it turns out, there actually is a "Vulcan" orbiting that star.

By Bernadette Deron

Sep 19, 2018

Four People Diagnosed With Breast Cancer After They Received Transplants From The Same Organ Donor

In this extremely rare case, three of the recipients died and only one survived.

Sep 19, 2018

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Four People Diagnosed With Breast Cancer After They Received Transplants From The Same Organ Donor

In this extremely rare case, three of the recipients died and only one survived.

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 18, 2018

Meet Ming The Clam, The World’s Oldest-Recorded Animal, Who Was Killed By The Scientists That Studied Him

Ming the clam is more than half a millennium old, so how could scientists kill the animal?

Sep 18, 2018

Meet Ming The Clam, The World’s Oldest-Recorded Animal, Who Was Killed By The Scientists That Studied Him

Ming the clam is more than half a millennium old, so how could scientists kill the animal?

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 18, 2018

Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens Amid Speculation That Aliens Caused The Closure

"Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say."

Sep 18, 2018

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Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens Amid Speculation That Aliens Caused The Closure

"Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say."

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 17, 2018

Mummified Ice Age Wolf Pup And Caribou With Skin And Fur Intact Discovered In Canadian Permafrost

"The remains are highly evocative because they enable us to make almost face-to-face connection with animals that are tens of thousands of years old."

Sep 17, 2018

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Mummified Ice Age Wolf Pup And Caribou With Skin And Fur Intact Discovered In Canadian Permafrost

"The remains are highly evocative because they enable us to make almost face-to-face connection with animals that are tens of thousands of years old."

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 14, 2018

Plants’ Response To Being Eaten Is Very Similar To Our Response To Pain, Researchers Prove

When humans are under attack, our fight-or-flight reaction is triggered — and it turns out the same is true for plants too.

Sep 14, 2018

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Plants’ Response To Being Eaten Is Very Similar To Our Response To Pain, Researchers Prove

When humans are under attack, our fight-or-flight reaction is triggered — and it turns out the same is true for plants too.

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 13, 2018

A Baby Born With Her Heart Outside Her Chest Will Go Home After 9 Months In The Hospital

Vanellope Wilkins was only given a ten percent chance of survival. But this "miracle baby" has defied the odds.

Sep 13, 2018

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A Baby Born With Her Heart Outside Her Chest Will Go Home After 9 Months In The Hospital

Vanellope Wilkins was only given a ten percent chance of survival. But this "miracle baby" has defied the odds.

By Bernadette Deron

Sep 13, 2018

Oldest Known Human Drawing Found – And Some People Are Calling It The World’s First Hashtag

The abstract nature of the drawing has experts wondering about its meaning.

Sep 13, 2018

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Oldest Known Human Drawing Found – And Some People Are Calling It The World’s First Hashtag

The abstract nature of the drawing has experts wondering about its meaning.

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 11, 2018

Scientists Discover Deep-Sea Fish Species That Would Melt At The Surface

They're translucent, have no scales, and if you brought them to the surface, they would indeed melt.

Sep 11, 2018

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Scientists Discover Deep-Sea Fish Species That Would Melt At The Surface

They're translucent, have no scales, and if you brought them to the surface, they would indeed melt.

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 11, 2018

The Spix’s Macaw That Inspired The Movie ‘Rio’ Is Now Extinct In The Wild — And Humans Are Mostly To Blame

The Spix's macaw — the striking bird known as Blu in the movie "Rio" — now only lives on in captivity, according to a new study.

Sep 11, 2018

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The Spix’s Macaw That Inspired The Movie ‘Rio’ Is Now Extinct In The Wild — And Humans Are Mostly To Blame

The Spix's macaw — the striking bird known as Blu in the movie "Rio" — now only lives on in captivity, according to a new study.

By Caroline Redmond

Sep 11, 2018

Fishermen Discover A Massive 10,000-Year-Old ‘Irish Elk’ Skull

Though the ancient species was not exclusively found in Ireland, more remains of these deer have been found in that country than anywhere else in the world.

Sep 11, 2018

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Fishermen Discover A Massive 10,000-Year-Old ‘Irish Elk’ Skull

Though the ancient species was not exclusively found in Ireland, more remains of these deer have been found in that country than anywhere else in the world.

By Bernadette Deron