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<p>A reef in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia.&nbsp;</p>

Here's how we can help Mother Nature save the Great Barrier Reef

Australia's reef is big, beautiful and on its deathbed. Nature can heal it, but she needs our help.

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<p>View from the new HD camera on the ISS.</p>

NASA installs a sweet new HD camera on the space station

See first video from the enhanced HD camera a NASA astronaut installed during a spacewalk.

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<p>"Blade Runner 2049" conjures a hallucinatory miasma of lavish visual images.&nbsp;</p>

Hideo Kojima loves 'Blade Runner 2049'

The Metal Gear gaming legend professes his profound love for "Blade Runner" in Rolling Stone.

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Google's AlphaGo Zero destroys humans all on its own

The new artificial neural network taught itself to master the ancient game Go within weeks, without any tips from humans.

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Inside the Sea Simulator mimicking the Great Barrier Reef

On the east coast of Australia, scientists are using a giant artificial ocean to re-create the Great Barrier Reef, and replicate conditions expected in 2100.

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<p>A 3D render of <em>Lobophyllia Hemprichii </em>coral, created by The Hydrous.</p>

Can a man-made Great Barrier Reef save the real one?

Scientists hope building an artificial reef could help save the real one.

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<p>Professor Meldrum holds a cast of a footprint believed to be left by Bigfoot, or at least by a big foot.</p>

Still stalking Bigfoot 50 years after the beast went big

Believers trek to the forest where Sasquatch hunters shot the 1967 footage that made Bigfoot America's most popular cryptid. They still hope for a glimpse.

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<p>Astronaut Kate Rubins inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).</p>

Deep inside a gold mine with the researcher who found the 'Devil Worm'

If we can find life two miles underground, we might be able to find it on Mars.

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Dear Future: Where we might find life on Mars

Our first episode focuses on Gaetan Borgonie, a Belgian scientist who discovered the "mephistopheles worm," an extremophile that lives in Earth's deepest mine.

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Dear Future: Watch the trailer for our new documentary series

Today, Motherboard and CNET are launching Dear Future, our collaborative documentary series about the people who've decided they can't wait for tomorrow's biggest breakthroughs to come to them.

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<p>The Great Barrier Reef as seen from the air. Thousands of reefs comprise this complex marine ecosystem, which covers an area as large as Germany.&nbsp;</p>

The Great Barrier Reef: A tragedy of our own making

We're killing one of the world's most spectacular natural wonders. It's not too late to change.

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<p>One can never look at Jeff Bezos the same way again after this picture.</p>

Jeff Bezos posing on wind turbine may be peak Jeff Bezos

Commentary: Amazon's CEO has a new way of christening wind farms.

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