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DrPixel/Getty Images Why Scientists Think This Asteroid Is the Core of a Dead Planet (and Extremely Valuable)
Scientists think this asteroid may be the metal-rich core of a failed planet, making it one of the most valuable objects in space.
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Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images The Cold, Hard Truth About Those Viral Videos of Meteors Slamming Into the Moon
It’s fake. Of course it’s fake. And it’s not even a convincing kind of fake if you know what the real thing looks like.
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Peepo/Getty Images Why Future Humans Will Struggle to Get Pregnant in Space
The results were glaringly obvious: sperm weren’t any weaker or slower, but they had no idea where they were going.
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Manuel Romaris/Getty Images Hummingbirds Drink a Ton of Alcoholic Nectar, But Do They Get Drunk?
We are desperate to know whether we have drinking buddies out there in the animal kingdom.
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Silaphop Pongsai/Getty Images Freaky New Spider Disguises Itself as Zombie Fungus to Hunt Prey
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, researchers have identified a spider species that survives by playing dead.
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Wildestanimal/Getty Images Whales Were Filmed Headbutting Each Other for the First Time. Why Are They Doing It?
Scientists have, for the first time, captured clear footage of sperm whales repeatedly ramming each other headfirst.
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Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Getty Images Humans in the Andes Are Immune to Something That Would Kill Most People
Human evolution is a weird thing. With enough long-term exposure to something deadly, we can eventually grow some degree of resistance to it.
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Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images Why This College Kid Sacrificed Himself to a Massive Swarm of Mosquitoes
Understanding what even attracts mosquitoes the first place could finally tilt the odds in our favor.
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VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Why Scientists Want to Kidnap Asteroids and Drag Them Closer to Earth
A startup wants to snag a near-Earth asteroid with a giant inflatable bag, potentially making space mining real.
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