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A paleoartist's impression of saber-toothed cats.
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Saber-Toothed Kittens Were Really, Really Strong

A new study sheds light on how these extinct felines attacked.
Natasha Frost September 28, 2017
The graphite was found in this area of Labrador.
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Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back 3.95 Billion Years

The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.
Sarah Laskow September 28, 2017
The view from the deck of the ship <em>JOIDES Resolution</em> while it drills a core sample.
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Scientists Are Just Starting to Understand Earth's Eighth Continent, Zealandia

It wasn't always under all that water.
Kelsey Kennedy September 27, 2017
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An Eel-Inspired Robot Is Scientists' Newest Pollution-Sniffer

It swims, it slithers, and it samples.
Kelsey Kennedy September 27, 2017
An illustration of the new species, named <em>Uromys vika</em> after its local name.
islands

A Giant, 'Coconut Eating' Rat Has Been Discovered in the Solomon Islands

Four times the size of the biggest subway-dweller.
Natasha Frost September 27, 2017
The observatory in winter.
Meyrueis, France

Mont Aigoual Weather Station

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.
The furnace for mirror production.
Tucson, Arizona

Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Wildfire smoke obscures the sun in Oregon.
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How Wildfire Smoke Affects the Flavor of Wine

It can make a Chardonnay taste like an ashtray, thanks to chemistry.
Kelsey Kennedy September 26, 2017
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The Tiny Brazilian Frogs Who Can't Hear Each Other's Calls

A sad story from the leaf litter of the Atlantic Forest.
Natasha Frost September 26, 2017
Drop Tower at night.
Bremen, Germany

Bremen Drop Tower

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.
Yams for sale at a market.
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Scientists Have a New Tool for Improving Food Security in West Africa

The white Guinea yam's genome could help researchers make a staple crop hardier.
Kelsey Kennedy September 25, 2017
Too close for comfort.
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The Tsetse Fly Has Strange, Sucker-Tipped Fingers on Its Mouth

New images could help scientists better understand how the flies transmit deadly sleeping sickness.
Kelsey Kennedy September 22, 2017
Maitara Island and Tidore Island seen from Ternate.
Ternate, Indonesia

Ternate Island

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
The object 288P, with the binary asteroids' orbit in blue.
science

Hubble Spotted a Strange New Object in Our Solar System

It's kind of a comet and kind of an asteroid that orbits itself, and it could tell us something about early Earth.
Kelsey Kennedy September 21, 2017
There was a time when wearing polyester pants might actually increase reproductive success.
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One Doctor's Quest to Reveal the Perils of Polyester Pants

A sexological tale of static electricity, male contraception, and dogs in pants.
Kelsey Kennedy September 21, 2017
The newly described hermit crabs, with and without their coral homes.
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The Hermit Crab With the Cool, Modern, Expandable Home

No shell-swapping for this newly described species—their coral homes grow with them.
Natasha Frost September 21, 2017
These green parakeets have been building their large nests in 97 cities around Mexico.
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Mexico's Monk Parakeet Population Has Exploded

Tracking the policy changes in Europe and Mexico that caused a charming green plague.
Kelsey Kennedy September 20, 2017
A brilliant-thighed poison frog.
science

Poison Frogs Make Surprisingly Attentive Adoptive Parents

No genetic connection required.
Natasha Frost September 20, 2017