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Aire Images/Getty Images Scientists Found a Way to Make Mammals Heal More Like Salamanders, Which Is Extremely Weird (And Promising)
A new study shows how mammal cells could be nudged into acting more like salamander cells while recovering from injury.
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A City-Killer Asteroid Just Passed Shockingly Close to Earth, and Scientists Barely Saw It Coming
The object was small, fast, and hard to spot, which is exactly why near-Earth asteroids remain so unnerving.
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Photo: D-Keine / Getty Images Archaeologists Found Hundreds of Mass Graves So Large They Can Be Seen From Space
The reason people were buried with their animals nearby is the same reason pharaohs were entombed alongside treasures.
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Photo: Steve Woods Photography / Getty Images Meet the Fish That Are Ramming Themselves Up Manta Ray Butts
When threatened, some fish apparently decide the safest place in the ocean is inside another animal’s butthole.
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Aire Images/Getty Images New Theory Suggests That Alternate Universe Versions Of You Are Determining Your Fate
The observer effect has been twisted into a human-centered myth, according to one physicist, who says reality changes through interactions.
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Ieang/Getty Images The Government Is Once Again Promising UFO Files That Will Change Everything
The government says new alien-related documents are coming soon, but experts think the big reveal will probably be underwhelming.
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Piranka/Getty Images A NASA Scientist Says She Died 3 Times and Saw the Afterlife
Ingrid Honkala says her near-death experiences convinced her that consciousness may continue beyond the body.
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Cravetiger/Getty Images People Keep Filming Humpback Whales ‘Gaping’ in the Wild. Heres What’s Actually Happening.
The behavior involves whales opening their massive mouths when they’re not eating, and researchers are still working out what it means.