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rodents

The Intrepid Rat-Sniffing Terriers of South Georgia Island

It took 200 years to rid the island of rats, and three dogs to make sure they were gone.
May 17, 2018
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jazz

The Milky Way Sounds Like a Wacky Jazz Ensemble

An astronomer translated the sounds of galactic gases into a piece of music.
May 16, 2018
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microbes

Is a Chimpanzee's Bed Cleaner Than Yours?

Maybe it's best not to think too much about what's in your bed now.
May 16, 2018
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invertebrates

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

One researcher thinks mollusks called chitons are more complex than they seem.
May 16, 2018
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solar system

How to Appreciate Saturn as Abstract Art

In an image captured by Cassini, the gas giant's rings look like razor-thin blades.
May 14, 2018
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tools

How Post-Revolutionary France Grew Obsessed With Gardens and Gadgets

As park and garden space expanded, middle-class fleuristes needed shears, watering cans, and umbrellas topped with pruning shears.
May 10, 2018
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bacteria

The Moldy Medallions That Preserve Penicillin's Past

Alexander Fleming, the researcher who discovered it, started culturing commemorative keepsakes.
May 10, 2018
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service

How to See Jupiter in All Its Glory

Throughout May, the gas giant will be close to Earth and visible all night long.
May 8, 2018
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sinkhole

A Massive Sinkhole in New Zealand Exposed Traces of an Ancient Volcano

The canyon's walls tell the story of long-ego eruptions.
May 7, 2018
Gastro Obscura
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cooking

How to Reconstruct an Ancient Meal From Dirty Dishes Alone

Archaeologists and chefs used chemical analysis—and their taste buds—to solve a culinary puzzle from China.
May 4, 2018
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sale

This Old Coast Guard Tower Could Be the Ocean Hideout of Your Dreams

North Carolina's Frying Pan Tower is for sale.
May 4, 2018
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manhattan project

How the Manhattan Project's Nuclear Suburb Stayed Secret

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was built to last, too.
May 3, 2018
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epidemics

The Geekiest Cuff Links of 1900 Featured Little Images of Plague Bacteria

No one knows who made them or why.
May 2, 2018
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internet

What Ecologists Can Learn From Memes

Some scientists are studying YouTube comments and trying to go viral.
May 1, 2018
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universe

Get Lost in This Mind-Blowing Atlas of 1.7 Billion Stars

A new image offers an “all-sky view” of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies.
April 27, 2018
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navigation

Why Can’t We Figure Out How the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic?

Crystals might have helped them navigate—or maybe not.
April 27, 2018
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solar system

Who Keeps Track of All the Craters on the Moon?

For generations, women have been critical to bringing order to the chaos of the solar system.
April 25, 2018
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fatberg

What an Enormous Fatberg Can Tell Us About How Londoners Live

An "autopsy" on the congealed behemoth illuminates what people flush down the drain.
April 25, 2018
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scotland

What Is a Snow Tunnel?

Up in the Scottish Highlands, you can stand inside two seasons at once.
April 23, 2018
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stars

Behold the Stormy Beauty of Stars Forming

New images from the Hubble Space Telescope capture majestic billows of gas and dust.
April 20, 2018
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mistakes

A Researcher's Quest to Decode the Specimens on a Museum's Mystery Shelf

Sifting through the old, unlabeled, puzzling jars that fill a collection's junk drawer.
April 20, 2018
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darwin

A Digital Look at Darwin’s Trove of Prehistoric Fossils

London’s Natural History Museum is putting the naturalist’s haul of skulls, molars, and more online.
April 13, 2018
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seaweed

Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows

Some ecological good news, courtesy of some hungry shelled swimmers.
April 11, 2018
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garbage

Step Inside a Sculpture Garden Made Entirely Out of Trash

Cat food cans, detergent containers, and thousands and thousands of plastic bottles.
April 10, 2018