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This Tiny 'Dragonfly' Drone Can Dodge Obstacles Midair On Its Own
"We think about a DelFly flying in a factory, inspecting pipelines or something like that," de Croo…
Denise Chow
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Brain Surgery Made A Woman Feel The Emotions Of Everyone Around Her
It's not exactly clear how the human brain is able to understand and re-create the mental and emoti…
Bahar Gholipour
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India May Have A Huge Natural Trove Of Diamonds
The lithosphere varies in thickness across the planet, and does not always reach depths deep enough…
Jennifer Welsh
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Pessimists Live Longer
Other contradictory studies suggest that the jury's still out on the secret to longevity and succes…
LiveScience Staff
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A marsupial in Australia will sacrifice sleep for sex, before dying and being eaten by its mate, say scientists
If humans were to extend their waking hours in the same way, that would cause a loss of focus that …
Marianne Guenot
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Researchers investigating a medieval burial site found Christian symbols tattooed on one of the bodies' feet
The rare tattoo was found on the foot of a person buried near a medieval monastery in Sudan, archeo…
Paul Squire
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Video shows an alligator 'frozen' in ice during a cold blast in Texas — but it's still alive
The alligator in the video is in a state of brumation, which is a type of hibernation in reptiles.
Marianne Guenot
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A rare pod of orcas washed up dead on a beach in Chile. It's the first event of its kind in 67 years and only the second in recorded history.
The Type D orcas, which some scientists believe may be a completely distinct species, were found st…
Chris Panella,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A weirdly wobbly 'muon' particle might revolutionize physics by revealing a 5th force of nature or another dimension
Muons are like fat electrons. They're everywhere. But the world's top physicists can't explain why …
Sonam Sheth,Jessica Orwig
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A giant seaweed mass heading for Florida's beaches is full of potentially dangerous bacteria that threatens a 'pathogen storm,' a study found
The bacteria Vibrio can stick to the plastic debris in a vast mass of Sargassum seaweed headed towa…
Isobel van Hagen
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White Gladis, the killer whale who could be behind orcas attacking boats, may have been pregnant when she started the 'uprising'
White Gladis, the orca who's taught other killer whales to attack and sink boats, was likely pregna…
Rebecca Cohen,Jessica Orwig
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Orcas killed a great white shark for its liver in Australia, scientists confirmed, leaving the sharks one less place to hide
A great white shark washed up on an Australian beach and scientists detected orca DNA in its remain…
Sonam Sheth
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A female orca traumatized by a previous encounter with humans may be behind mounting killer whale attacks on boats, scientists say
An orca named White Gladis may have been traumatized by a "critical moment of agony." Other killer …
Isobel van Hagen
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An orca mysteriously died thousands of miles from home after swallowing 7 sea otters whole
Orcas don't usually eat sea otters, but one killer whale died after swallowing seven. Orcas typical…
Maiya Focht
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Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, sending 3.5 million cubic feet of rock into the valley below. Scientists warn climate change could make more mountains crumble.
Mt. Fluchthorn's tallest peak collapsed earlier this year, and it's just one of many crumbling exam…
Emily Swaim
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Australia's rare pink-diamond mine formed from the clashing and stretching of continents, a new study found. The discovery could lead to more colorful diamonds.
Understanding how rare pink diamonds formed in Australia's Argyle mine could help gem hunters know …
Maiya Focht
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Researchers think other orcas are imitating a single killer whale that first started targeting boats, leading some to sink
A killer whale named White Gladis first started confronting boats. Other orcas appear to be followi…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Wildlife experts abandoned a washed up whale after bubbling noises heard from its gut caused concerns it would explode
Researchers at the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group worried that a dead fin whale that washed up on sh…
Hannah Getahun
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'Cocaine sharks' may be consuming drugs dumped off the coast of Florida, sending them a little crazy, scientists say
Scientists in the upcoming Shark Week episode observed unusual behavior, including a shark swimming…
Alia Shoaib
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A crocodile makes history with the first-ever virgin birth of its species, researchers say. But none of the 14 eggs hatched much to scientists' disappointment.
Researchers said the 18-year-old crocodile lived alone in an exhibit at Parque Reptilandia in Costa…