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A single subatomic particle from deep space had the same energy as a baseball pitch, and scientists still don’t know how it ...

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A humpback whale nicknamed Timmy that has been stranded in the Baltic Sea off Germany will be left to die; all rescue efforts ...

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a joint effort to track ...

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The world cheered when Alex Honnold free-climbed a 101-story skyscraper in Taipei. Gather now, fickle public, to applaud the ...