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5 million-year-old tooth from Tennessee belongs to house cat-size flying squirrel
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US national parks quiz: How many of the 63 can you name?
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Walvis Bay saltworks: The monster refinery in Namibia with colorful ponds that cover the land like patchwork
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Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say
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This ‘glow in the dark’ battery runs on nuclear waste
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Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.
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Volcanoes: Facts about geology's fieriest features
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Lake Vostok: The 15 million-year-old lake buried miles beneath Antarctica's ice
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Scientists discover hidden 'plumbing' that's driving Antarctic ice sheet into the ocean
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How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
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'Warm water' from deep sea flowing towards one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves
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Antarctica 'pyramid': The strangely symmetrical mountain that sparked a major alien conspiracy theory
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Antarctica ice melt could cause 100 hidden volcanoes to erupt
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Massive Antarctic icebergs' split from glaciers may be unrelated to climate change
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Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice — and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem
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Scientists record never-before-seen 'ice quakes' deep inside Greenland's frozen rivers
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'Ominous milestone for the planet': Arctic Ocean's 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds
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Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite images
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Earth from spaceMassive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
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Earth from space4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'
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Earth from spaceIconic 'Star Trek' symbol shines brightly in sea of muddy Arctic sea ice
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Earth from spaceGhostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapses
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Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
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Earth from spaceTrio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islands
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Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.
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Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland's ice sheet — and it's not far off
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World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds
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January 2025 hottest on record despite US cold and La Niña
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Alaska's ice is melting in front of our eyes, staggering satellite shots show
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Greenland's ice sheet — the second biggest in the world — is cracking open at alarming speed, scientists discover
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'Extreme' warming in the Arctic as North Pole temperatures swell 36 F above average
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Rat numbers are skyrocketing across US cities — and it's only going to get worse
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Ocean warming 4 times faster than in 1980s — and likely to accelerate in coming decades
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Creepy 'ghost lanterns' in South Carolina are not what they seem, study suggests
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Earthquakes: Facts about why the Earth moves
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'We've just seen earthquake after earthquake after earthquake': Santorini earthquake swarm intensifies but likely won't trigger volcano
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Santorini is having a swarm of tiny earthquakes. Is the Greek isle about to erupt?
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Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area
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Scientists find hidden mechanism that could explain how earthquakes 'ignite'
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Tibet earthquake: Deadly magnitude 7.1 quake hits holy city of Shigatse
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Massive magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off California coast
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'Upwelling' deep in the mantle triggered magnitude 6.8 Morocco earthquake
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This ‘glow in the dark’ battery runs on nuclear waste
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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
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Giant reserves of 'gold' hydrogen may be lurking beneath at least 30 US states, 1st-of-its-kind map reveals
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Nuclear fusion could be the clean energy of the future — but these 'tough' challenges stand in the way
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Just a fraction of the hydrogen hidden beneath Earth's surface could power Earth for 200 years, scientists find
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Physicists solve nuclear fusion mystery with mayonnaise
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Nuclear fusion reactor in UK sets new world record for energy output
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Massive hydrogen reservoir discovered beneath an Albanian mine could be an untapped source of clean energy
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What is fission?
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Evolution itself can evolve, new study argues
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Our outer ears may have come from ancient fish gills, scientists discover
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Ferns can evolve 'backward,' scientists discover
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Sunlight shapes our evolution — and may explain why some people have curly hair
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Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?
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Raindrops may have helped kick-start life on the planet
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Which animals are evolving fastest?
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'I have never written of a stranger organ': The rise of the placenta and how it helped make us human
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Ancient relative of 'living fossil' fish reveals that geological activity supercharges evolution
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5 million-year-old tooth from Tennessee belongs to house cat-size flying squirrel
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Savonoski Crater: The mysterious, perfectly round hole in Alaska that scientists can't explain
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World's biggest underground thermal lake discovered in Albania at bottom of 330-foot abyss
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Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape
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Romania's trovants: The bulbous 'living' rocks that inspired folkloric tales of dinosaur eggs and aliens
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Ocean plate from time of Pangaea is now being torn apart under Iraq and Iran
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Earth's crust is peeling away under California
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Upheaval Dome: Utah's 'belly button' that has divided scientists since its discovery
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Pamukkale: Turkey's 'cotton castle' of white limestone that inspired an ancient cult
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'Mirror life forms' may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment
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Mouse brains, cannabis plants and spider eyes: 20 jaw-dropping images of the microscopic world around us
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'Loch ness monster' microbe stretches its neck to 30 times its body length in seconds
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'The most critically harmful fungi to humans': How the rise of C. auris was inevitable
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Hidden 'biosphere' of extreme microbes discovered 13 feet below Atacama Desert is deepest found there to date
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Scientists discover once-in-a-billion-year event — 2 lifeforms merging to create a new cell part
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Lost world of lagoons filled with mounds of microbes discovered in Atacama desert
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After you die, your microbiome cooperates with soil microbes to 'recycle' your body
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Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest
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