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North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

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NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

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Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

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