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Why NASA Plans to Crash the International Space Station
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How the U.S. Once Hijacked a Soviet Space Satellite
After documenting all they could, they returned it without the Russians ever knowing.
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Is It Safe to Fly Through an Asteroid Belt?
Some say the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to one.
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Could the “Missing Link” Be Oliver, an Alleged Human-Chimp Hybrid?
Humans share 99 percent of the same DNA with chimpanzees.
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The 1960s Android Abandoned By NASA
When NASA ended the project, the Air Force attempted to connect him to a learning computer.
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Saint Patrick Didn't Drive the Snakes Out of Ireland, Climate Change Did
He was also born in Britain!
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Or Not: We Don't Only Have 5 Senses
What sense makes you hungry?
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Mysterious and Unexplained "Hums" Are Popping Up Around the World
A Ph.D. thesis tried translating it into song.
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New Fossils Are Oldest Homo Sapiens Ever Found
The first of our kind.
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This Camera-Eye Will Leave You With a Different Perspective
Try not to blink.
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