Italy’s Altamura Man Reveals The Oldest Neanderthal DNA Ever Found
Between 187,000 and 128,000 years ago, a Neanderthal got stuck in a cave and died.
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Why NASA Plans to Crash the International Space Station
This won’t be the first man-made space station to meet its demise.
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Toyota Takes On Tiny Town With Mini Mirai
The 1:10 scale Toyota Mirai includes a hydrogen fuel cell power source, which it used to speed around a miniaturized village in England.
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Is That Gum I Swallowed 7 Years Ago Still in My Stomach?
The theory more than likely stemmed from the fact that many companies used to label their gum as “indigestible.”
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The Physics-Defying State Of Matter Known As Time Crystals
Remember when you sat through science class and learned about the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas? Well, it turns out there's way more, including the sci-fi–sounding "time crystals."
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The Disney Roller Coaster That Doubles As Medical Treatment
To effectively test the coaster’s capabilities, researchers made a 3D model of a kidney and filled it with urine and real kidney stones.
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Bearded Protection and Cat Communication Win Ig Nobel Prizes
This year's Ig Nobel Prize Awards winners include upside-down rhinos, beards taking a hit, and just how germy sidewalk gum really is.
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Superstars in Space: Celebrities Destined for the Cosmos
For some celebs, a star on the Walk of Fame isn't close enough to the cosmos; they'd rather experience the real thing — space!
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Black Holes or Aliens? Unraveling Space Radio Signal Theories
When it comes to these mysterious signals, they need a lot of energy to reach us. NASA has estimated that for some of them it would be equivalent to the energy that our Sun produces in a year.
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Wriggling Worm Blobs Help Scientists Build Better Robots
Scientists are looking to nature for inspiration when it comes to building better robots.
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Clearing Up Myths About Defibrillators
Despite what you have seen on TV, the device known as an automated external defibrillator (AED) is not meant to restart a heart that has completely stopped.
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