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        Monitor lizards’ huge burrow systems can shelter hundreds of small animals

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        Rats with poisonous hairdos live surprisingly sociable private lives

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        The more contagious coronavirus variant may soon be the U.S.’s dominant strain

        By Erin Garcia de JesusJanuary 15, 2021
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        Could delaying a second vaccine dose lead to more dangerous coronavirus strains?

        By Erin Garcia de JesusJanuary 14, 2021
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        One of the oldest known cave paintings has been found in Indonesia

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        ‘The New Climate War’ exposes tactics of climate change ‘inactivists’

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        Marie Tharp’s groundbreaking maps brought the seafloor to the world

        By Betsy MasonJanuary 13, 2021
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        The first magnetar flare detected from another galaxy was tracked to its home

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        By Lisa GrossmanJanuary 15, 2021
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        Drones could help create a quantum internet

        By Emily ConoverJanuary 14, 2021
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        This weird chemical bond acts like a mash-up of hydrogen and covalent bonds

        By Emily ConoverJanuary 7, 2021
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        Enormous X-ray bubbles balloon from the center of the Milky Way

        By Emily ConoverDecember 9, 2020
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