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Ghost gear in world's oceans is having catastrophic effect
Abandoned nets "just sit there and fish, and kill and kill and kill and kill."
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Neanderthals made this cave art
Drawings and jewelry found in Spain too old to have been made by modern humans
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Will figure skating ever see a quintuple jump?
Quadruple jumps are super-difficult, but some experts say quints are in the cards.
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Billionaire is building a 10,000-year clock under a mountain
The clock's builders hope it will encourage people to think about humanity's distant future.
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Scientists hatch bold plan to save polar bears
It will take more than bear chow to keep the animals alive in the wild.
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Could space aliens hack our planet?
New paper argues that extraterrestrials might beam 'contaminated' messages our way.
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Giant 'plyscraper' planned for Asia would be world's tallest
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World's biggest plane marks another milestone
The 500,000-pound monster is designed to offer another way into space.
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Watch this air taxi make its maiden flight
The autonomous passenger drone is designed to handle short trips over busy cities.
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Why Big Pharma and biotech are betting big on AI
Artificial intelligence could drastically reduce the time it takes to develop new life-saving drugs.
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Michio Kaku foretells humanity's extraordinary future
The popular physicist weighs in on climate change, Mars colonies, immortality, and more.
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The moon formed inside a hot cosmic doughnut, scientists say
The new theory is part of an 'intense rethinking' of lunar formation over the past decade.
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SpaceX wants to bring the internet to the whole world
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This gigantic wind turbine will be the world's tallest
General Electric's Haliade-X will stand three times taller than typical wind turbines.
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New science survey yields some big surprises
The 'State of Science Index Survey' shows we're excited by science but also a bit skeptical.
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Water crisis makes life 'revolting' in Cape Town
Cape Town's severe water restrictions have helped make Day Zero when taps shut off a possibility...
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Why don't elephants get cancer?
DNA study shows what humans have in common with elephants, squirrels and bats
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This infant city aims to be America's greenest
Development near Fort Myers, Florida is being built for sustainability from the ground up.
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Greedy immune cells make tattoos last longer
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This talking robot head will be 'Space Alexa' for astronauts
CIMON will assist astronauts and answer questions like a 'Space Alexa.'