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Space spider dies in D.C. after surviving 55 days in space
Space spider dies in D.C.: Neffi survived 55 days aboard the International Space Station. But the famous spider died after four days in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C.
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Chapter & Verse
Garfield: America's most obscure president may also have been one of its bestBiographer Candice Millard talks about the courageous, independent, largely forgotten US president – James Garfield – whose term was cut short by an assassin's bullet.
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Did dinosaur 'emissions' help warm the prehistoric climate? (+video)
In a new study, scientists theorize that giant, vegetation-munching sauropods emitted nearly as much methane each year into the warm atmosphere as do all natural and industrial sources today.
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Kraken monster ruled ancient seas? Scientists wary of new theory.
Kraken skeptics say a new theory proposing the existence of a real-life 200-million-year-old Kraken sea monster involves too much inference and guesswork to be serious science.
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Endangered plants you'll likely never see
'Losing Paradise,' a new botanical art exhibition of 44 rare species, illustrates the art form's enduring value – even in this age of digital.
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'Unusual' dinosaur offers glimpse of evolutionary quirk
'Balaur bondoc,' a new species of dinosaur discovered in Romania, is a close relative of Velociraptor, but developed several striking evolutionary differences because it lived on an island.
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Nemesis hypothesis: Is there a small hidden star orbiting the sun?
Every 27 million years, there is a much higher likelihood of a mass extinction. Some astronomers have proposed that these extinctions are caused by a small comet-disturbing star orbiting our sun, the so-called Nemesis hypothesis.
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In Pictures: Summer in DC
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School-bus-sized prehistoric sperm whale actually ate other whales
A sperm whale that measured up to 59 feet long and lived some 12 million to 13 million years ago used to hunt smaller whales. The species is named for Herman Melville, author of 'Moby-Dick.'
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Want to look like a Neanderthal? There's an app for that.
A new iPhone app just released by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History shows what you would look like if you were a Neanderthal with an iPhone.
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Fossils found in South Africa point to early human ancestors
The fossil, nearly 2 million years old, 'may make a very good candidate' to be a new species of early human. Found in South Africa, it has a unique combination of ape-like and human features.
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In Pictures: The T. rex lives
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New findings: dinosaurs were birds of a colored feather
Two findings this week boost the link between birds and dinosaurs. They include the discovery of a bird-like dinosaur and a fossil analysis that suggests some dinosaurs sported colored feathers.
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Did asteroids really do in the dinosaurs?
Two new studies challenge the current theory.
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