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Wet Exoplanet Has Clear Skies
A Neptune-sized orb is the smallest alien world known to have water vapor -
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India’s Mars Probe Sends Its First Images
The India Space Research Organization unveils its first pictures of the red planet -
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Octopus Cannibalism Captured for First Time
Eight-armed buffet: Divers record video of an octopus eating one of its own -
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"Missing Links" Found Between Birds and Dinosaurs
Flock to this: a new analysis of anatomical features show birds evolved gradually from dinosaurs -
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Transparent Rats Give Scientists Clear View to Innards
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Buoyant Balloon: Float Forward with Fluid Physics
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Do Americans Appreciate Climate Change Risks?
Government officials see slow, hard work to engage U.S. public on sea-level rise -
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7 Myths about Suicide
The recent tragedy of Robin Williams's suicide—and the ensuing media storm—raised awareness of suicide as a mental health issue but also generated a lot of misinformation. This week, the Savvy Psychologist cleans up after the headlines -
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Deep Sea Explorations Amaze with Live Stream Video
On Tuesday I wrote about my experience diving in a deep-sea submarine, but going on right now are two live-streaming deep-sea expeditions that allow you incredible access to the deep sea from the comfort of your own home. -
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A New Book Examines What Laughter Was All about in Ancient Rome
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Getting a Fair Share? Assessing The Impact of Fair Trade
Although Fairtrade products have become popular with consumers who want to make ethical purchases, a recent study about Fairtrade by the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) suggests the most marginalized Fairtrade farm workers may not be benefiting from their sales. -
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Weaponized Ebola: Is It Really a Bioterror Threat?
What would it take to hijack the virus in west Africa and turn it into a bioterror agent elsewhere? -
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Food Aid and Rainfall Save South Sudan from Famine
Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015 -
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Obama to Designate World's Largest Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific
President Barack Obama on Thursday will designate the largest marine sanctuary in the world in an area of the Pacific Ocean that will be off-limits to commercial fishing and deep-sea mining, the White House said on Wednesday. -
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Mysterious Flying Squirrel Could Get Endangered Species Protection
The squirrels gliding amid the mountains east of Los Angeles have been, for the most part, flying under the scientific radar. There has never been a single scientific paper published specifically about the San Bernardino flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus californicus), even though hundreds of papers about squirrels in general are published every year. -
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Dark Matter Looks WIMPy
Data from the International Space Station-based Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment supports the idea that dark matter consists of the invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs. Clara Moskowitz reports
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Tornado Season Peak Now Occurs Earlier in Spring
The peak of the season in Tornado Alley in the U.S. has shifted seven days earlier in the past six decades -
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Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture
An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports
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A Computer Scientist Tells Mathematicians How To Write Proofs
Believe it or not, I do have friends who would describe themselves as not liking math, and every so often one of them will share this meme on Facebook: And then Satan said, "Put the alphabet in math." There are different background pictures each time the meme pops up, but the text is always the [...] -
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India Spacecraft Successfully Arrives at Mars
The Mangalyaan probe, the country's first mission to another world, has entered the Red Planet's orbit
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