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Gotta catch 'em all.
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A Salmon Pen Collapsed, and Fishers Are Needed to Save the Day

Authorities are asking people to catch as many salmon as possible.
Cara Giaimo August 23, 2017
Would you like last rites from this guy?
buddhism

Japan Unveils a Buddhist Funeral Robot

It's pretty cheerful-looking for a robot that gives funeral services.
Eric Grundhauser August 23, 2017
animals

Louisiana Crayfish Are Invading Berlin

They've been there for years, but seem to be growing more bold.
Cara Giaimo August 23, 2017
boats

Found: A Fluffy Monkey Scientists Last Observed in the 1930s

A team on a houseboat found the Vanzolini’s bald-faced saki in a Brazilian forest.
Sarah Laskow August 23, 2017
Yikes.
animals

Mystery Beach Creature Is Just a Delightfully Freakish Clump of Barnacles

Goose barnacles only look like aliens.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2017
animals

The Unexpected Result When a Cow Faces Down a Pride of Rare Asiatic Lions

Exit, pursued by a heifer.
Natasha Frost August 22, 2017
The International Space Station crosses the solar disk during the eclipse.
science

The International Space Station Had Two Views of the Eclipse

And cast a shadow of its own.
Samir S. Patel August 22, 2017
animals

Help Name This Rare White Baby Koala

The youngster was born in January, but just emerged from her mother's pouch for the first time.
Cara Giaimo August 22, 2017
Eleanor Rigby's headstone at St Peter's Church, Church Road, Woolton.
cemeteries

For Sale: An Eternity With Eleanor Rigby

Just how did she, and other characters from Beatles songs, get their names?
Natasha Frost August 21, 2017
Researcher Christina Kwapich looks at a sample in the Insect Rearing and Behavior Lab at Arizona State University.
science

The Beetle That Goes Undercover to Steal From Foraging Ants

The high-risk, high-return antics of the parasitic highwayman beetle.
Natasha Frost August 21, 2017
Eclipse glasses.
news

Columbia, South Carolina, Is Giving Eclipse Glasses to Homeless Community Members

So is Nashville, Tennessee.
Cara Giaimo August 21, 2017
Black swans are native to Australia and New Zealand (the Rosenau Palace swans are not pictured here).
animals

A Lonely Black Swan Got a New Partner—Thanks to a Government Ad

They're longstanding symbols of mourning at Germany's Rosenau Palace.
Erik Shilling August 18, 2017
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
world record

Here's 1,069 Robots Dancing in Unison

They set a new world record.
Eric Grundhauser August 18, 2017
Somehow this is considered breakfast rather than dessert.
crime

The Case of the Disappearing Nutella Truck

German police are looking out for more than $80,000 of sweet contraband.
Erik Shilling August 18, 2017
Any astronauts who consumed this product did so with their feet on the ground.
science

Space Station Astronauts Are High on a Fresh Ice Cream Shipment

It's not the freeze-dried stuff.
Natasha Frost August 18, 2017
Kelly holds the diamond in her hand.
geology

Found: A Diamond, Where Gold Was Supposed to Be

Since the 1850s, gold miners have found about 600 diamonds in California.
Sarah Laskow August 18, 2017
art

Australia Just Got a Giant Prehistoric Squid Tattoo

The dug-out drawing of an ammonite covers around one million square feet.
Cara Giaimo August 18, 2017
The Garden of the Generalissimos, Cihu, Taiwan.
statues

Where Statues Go to Retire

Humans have been building statues and taking them down for a very long time.
Erik Shilling August 17, 2017