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UFO Sightings: How Scientists are Trying to Capture More Data
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To better study the UFO phenomenon, science needs more eyes on the skies.
Do Plants Know Math?
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Evolution seems to favor these numbers.
Residents Flee Paradise During the Camp Fire
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As the Camp Fire scorches a community in California, residents leave by car and on foot.
How Did the Moon Come to Be?
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Scientists have several theories for how Earth's Moon formed.
Scientists Launch Rocket into the Moon to Find Water
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Researchers hope to observe lunar material ejected from an impact.
Why Did These Vikings' Bones Appear Older Than They Are?
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Hint: Carbon in the ocean is different than carbon on land.
Milking a Horse is Harder than You Think
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To milk a horse, one must trick a mother horse—and trick her well.
Who Was This High-Status Viking Warrior?
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DNA evidence reveals surprising truth about the identity of a revered 9th-century Viking.
How Fossilized Plants Tell Us About the Evolution of Animals
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Plants can help us understand how life rebounds after a mass extinction.
Mammal Fossils Fill in Missing Piece of the Timeline of Life
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This trove of mammal fossils paints a timeline of life after the dinosaurs died.
Paleontologists Discover New Mammal Fossils Hidden in Rocks
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Stunning new mammal fossils were hiding in plain sight.
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