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'Thrilling Discovery': Surprising Sea Creature Spotted in Pacific

'Thrilling Discovery': Surprising Sea Creature Spotted in Pacific

Scientists are wondering if it might be a new species.

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See a Bizarre Bulging-Eye Bug Stuck in 100-Million-Year-Old Amber

See a Bizarre Bulging-Eye Bug Stuck in 100-Million-Year-Old Amber

It's so unusual, it had to be given a new family.

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See Sea Sponges Slowly Sneeze Out Snot

See Sea Sponges Slowly Sneeze Out Snot

The slo-mo sneezes, caught on time-lapse video, can last for half an hour.

Why Thinking Really Hard Might Feel Like Running a Mile, Scientifically Speaking

Why Thinking Really Hard Might Feel Like Running a Mile, Scientifically Speaking

There could be a reason we can't eternally compute like a computer.

Jumping Spiders Seem to Experience REM-Like Sleep, Might Even Dream

Jumping Spiders Seem to Experience REM-Like Sleep, Might Even Dream

Call the Sandman. We're going to need a Dreaming for spiders.

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Why Thinking Really Hard Might Feel Like Running a Mile, Scientifically Speaking

There could be a reason we can't eternally compute like a computer.
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See a Bizarre Bulging-Eye Bug Stuck in 100-Million-Year-Old Amber

It's so unusual, it had to be given a new family.
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See Sea Sponges Slowly Sneeze Out Snot

The slo-mo sneezes, caught on time-lapse video, can last for half an hour.
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Jumping Spiders Seem to Experience REM-Like Sleep, Might Even Dream

Call the Sandman. We're going to need a Dreaming for spiders.
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Cost Plus Drugs: Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Startup Sells Ultra-Cheap Medications

Scientists calculated that Medicare could save billions by buying generic drugs from Cuban's new endeavor.
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Scientists Explain 'Mystery Masses' Discovered on Seafloor

Forbidden spaghetti. Do not eat.
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Surprise: Listen to Wild Stingrays Make Clicking Sounds

Hot new stingray beats just dropped.
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Google's DeepMind AI Predicts 3D Structure of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science

At last, the decades-old protein folding problem may finally be put to rest.
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Murder Hornets Get a New Name, and for Good Reasons

You can still call them murder hornets if you want, but they now have a different official nickname.
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Scientists Discover the World's Largest Omnivore, and It's a Fish

And we thought we knew what whale sharks liked to eat.
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