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35 pyramids found in Sudan necropolis
35 pyramids found: Archaeologists have found at least 35 pyramids, thought to be about 2,000 years old, at a gravesite in Sudan.
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Mathematician discovers largest prime number (so far)
The largest prime number yet discovered, 2 raised to the 57,885,161 power minus 1, is 17,425,170 digits long, which is 4,446,981 digits longer than the previous record holder, the 12,978,189-digit-long 2 raised to the 43,112,609 power minus 1, which was discovered in 2008.
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Study: Moles can smell in stereo, still can't see anything
A study involving the common mole discovered that they can locate the source of an odor based on how strong it smells in each nostril. The burrowing animals are still useless when it comes to perceiving things visually, though.
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Richard III discovery spurs excitement, skepticism (+video)
Richard III's remains have been identified 'beyond reasonable doubt,' say researchers, but others are skeptical of the type of DNA match the team used to confirm his identity.
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Cats kill billions of creatures every year according to new study
Cats kill billions: According to new research, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 billion and 20.7 billion small mammals, such as meadow voles and chipmunks.
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The dung beetle as celestial navigator
Only humans, birds, and seals are known to navigate using stars. But the dung beetle does use the Milky Way to chart its path, say scientists.
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Sandy Hook 'truthers' harass Newtown man, conspiracy theories go viral
Sandy Hook truthers have attacked Gene Rosen, who took in six terrified children right after the shooting. The conspiracy theories stem from a distrust of government and media, among other things.
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'Extinct' whale found: Odd-looking pygmy whale traced back 2 million years
Extinct whale found? Well, sort of. Scientists have traced the lineage of the pygmy right whale back to an ancient family of whales called cetotheres, who were thought to be extinct.
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Newly discovered loris may be slow, but its bite is toxic
A new slow loris species was discovered in Borneo, named Nycticebus kayan. The little primate weighs less than a pound.
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Galapagos Tortoise 'Lonesome George' may have had relatives after all
Genetic samples showed that some tortoises recently DNA tested were hybrids that had a parent like Lonesome George from the subspecies Chelonoidis abingdoni.
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New smell discovered: It's 'olfactory white' as in white noise
New smell discovered: Scientists have created a 'white smell,' a 40-compound blend of scents in the middle of the pleasant-edible scale. The new smell was discovered by scientists in Israel.
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Pandas' oldest known ancestor found in surprising place
Now paleontologists reveal two sets of fossil jaws and teeth that they say belong to the earliest member of the giant panda lineage discovered yet. The fossils were recovered from a pair of sites in northeast Spain.
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Iron Nazi space Buddha may be fake, definitely from space
In a report released online, a Buddhism expert writes that the features of the statue are 'pseudo-Tibetan' and are more likely to be a European reproduction
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'Lucy,' early human ancestor, likely swung from trees
Among the earliest known relatives of humanity definitely known to walk upright was Australopithecus afarensis, the species including the famed 3.2-million-year-old 'Lucy.'
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Antarctic Ozone Hole 2nd Smallest in 20 Years
On the Earth's surface, ozone is a pollutant, but in the stratosphere, it reflects ultraviolet radiation back into space, protecting us from skin cancer-causing UV rays.
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Extreme global warming caused devastating die-off
As much as 95 percent of the Earth's species disappeared 250 million years ago as a result of dramatic temperature changes likely influenced by fierce volcanic eruptions.
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Dolphins able to sleep with half their brains, stay awake for two weeks straight
New findings suggest how dolphins can keep on the constant lookout for sharks, investigators added.
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Tiny ancient critter hitched rides on insect wings
This discovery, based on fossils trapped in amber, suggest the descendants of these microscopic beasts might still hitchhike flights today to spread around the globe, scientists added.
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Earth-sized planet in Alpha Centauri an alien concept to many Earthlings
The alien planet’s existence suggests that others might lurk farther out from the star, just far enough for liquid water — and possibly life — to exist.
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Giant eyeball mystery solved: Experts say it belonged to swordfish (+video)
Though some had also suggested it came from a deep-sea squid, experts contacted by LiveScience lean toward a swordfish as the likely eyeball owner.
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Ancient, fossilized, insect-like brain surprisingly complex
The fossilized brain, found in an extinct arthropod from China, looks very similar to the brains of today's modern insects.
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Einstein's math may also describe faster-than-light velocities
Despite an apparent prohibition on such travel by Einstein’s theory of special relativity, the scientists said the theory actually lends itself easily to a description of velocities that exceed the speed of light.
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Nobel Physics Prize awarded to photon-detecting quantum pioneers
French physicist Serge Haroche and American physicist David Wineland shared the 2012 Nobel physics prize for their work on quantum optics.
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100-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient spider attack in progress
The piece of amber, which contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, provides the first fossil evidence of such an assault, the researchers said.
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Duck-billed dinosaurs 'like walking paper mills'
The plants these dinosaurs fed on were tough and covered with hard, tooth-gouging particles. Hadrosaurids chewed their meals with teeth that possessed flattened grinding surfaces much like those of horses and bison.
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