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'Spaghetti Monster'? Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages

It's white. It's weird. It looks like a bowl of noodles turned upside down underwater. What is it?

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Cheers! Yeast's Evolutionary Journey Gave Beer Its Flavor

Beer's essential ingredient, yeast, has a fascinating evolutionary story that begins in a cave more than 500 years ago.

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10 Interesting Facts About Heroin

Heroin is a fast-acting opiate drugs, and addiction to it is incredibly hard to overcome, experts say. Here are the facts about heroin.

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Beautiful, Rat-Filled Island Seen From Space

Australia's Adele Island appears tranquil from space, but this sandy spit is the site of efforts to eradicate an invasive rat population that devastates seabird populations.

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Walking Dead: How Wasp Overlords Control Spider Zombies

Wasps can do a lot more than ruin a summer picnic.

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Ancient Mayan Tablet with Hieroglyphics Honors Lowly King

A Mayan tablet unearthed in an ancient jungle city in Guatemala may shed light on the political upheavals that shook the Mayan civilization 1,600 years ago.

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Ancient Reptile with 'Ridiculously Long Neck' Unearthed in Alaska

The fossilized remains of an ancient marine reptile with an extremely long neck and paddlelike appendages were recently uncovered in an unlikely place: the side of a cliff in Alaska.

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Wild Beauty: Winning Ecology Photos Feature Sunbirds and Zebras

The winning photos from a recent ecology photo contest prove that Mother Nature is always ready for her close-up.

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Cecil the Lion: Do Paid Hunting Permits Help Save Wildlife?

Money from sports-hunting permits can fund protected parks that shelter wildlife and engage local communities in animal protection, but does paying such exorbitant fees actually help or hurt wildlife conservation?

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Deadly Fungus Could Threaten US Salamanders

An emerging infectious fungus that causes salamanders to die in droves could soon land on North American shores, scientists warn.

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Lexus' New Hoverboard Is Cool, But Will It Fly?

Last month, Japanese auto manufacturer Lexus unveiled its newest product, and it's not another luxury SUV. It's a hoverboard.

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Endangered Penguins Charm, from Tiny to King Size (Photos)

Can perky penguins survive as the oceans grow crowded?

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Homo Floresiensis: Facts About the 'Hobbit'

Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about 17,000 years ago on a remote Indonesian island.

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 Million-Dollar Find: Shipwreck's Golden Treasure Includes Very Rare Coin

$1 million worth of gold coins and chains were found by treasure hunters off of the Florida coast. Included in the haul was a very rare Spanish coin titled the “Tricentennial Royal”

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New study suggests that some vaccines may cause viruses to eventually evolve into deadlier forms.

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What's Causing Florida's Leprosy Cases?

Leprosy is often thought to be an ancient disease, but leprosy-causing bacteria continue to infect people in the southern United States, including in Florida, where nine people have been diagnosed with the disease so far this year.

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Gruesome Find: 100 Bodies Stuffed into Ancient House

A prehistoric disaster, possibly an epidemic, may be responsible for the remains of nearly 100 bodies found stuffed into a 5,000-year-old house in northeast China.