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A superbright explosion 1.5 billion light-years from Earth may be the best known example of a rare type of star death that leaves no black hole or dense core behind, astronomers say.
Physical Science
Earth
Male blue-footed boobies that take a yearlong sex sabbatical get a brighter shade of blue in their feet the following year, which makes them more attractive to females, a new study says. Video.
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A dusty nebula reflects an odd light, orbiting probes reveal forest decline, a black hole "zaps" a galaxy into existence, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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Genetically altered bunnies being farmed in the Netherlands may soon be churning out a potentially lifesaving drug, according to a Dutch biotech firm.
Other
See algae sex, a flea's "crown of thorns," and what gives a venomous sea creature its sting in the best light microscope images of 2009.
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Companies, including beer giant SABMiller, are starting to account for their water use as the world's fresh water supplies appear to shrink. But when will consumers around the world get to see this information on product labels?
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The distinctive T-shaped heads of hammerhead sharks give the predators human-like stereo vision and depth perception, helping the sharks track speedy prey, a new study says.
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Seen under ultraviolet light, a ripening banana's brown spots are each ringed by an eerie blue glow created by dying cells, offering researchers a new way to study how plants live and die, a new study says.
Other
A "bathtub ring" of minerals inside Columbus crater makes the basin the best place yet to study the chemistry of so-called fossil lakes on Mars, researchers say.
Physical Science
Mars
Nazi doctor Josef Mengele was likely behind the astonishing number of blonde twins in a remote Brazilian town, recent reports said. But a new study says it was just genetics acting naturally.
Other
Dive into the heart of the Crab Nebula, see what's left of a "cannibal" galaxy's prey, ride a 62,000-mile-high wave on the sun, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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On the 150th anniversary of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, get a Galápagos tortoise's-eye view via a National Geographic Crittercam—a first. Video.
Life Science
Charles Darwin
A normally shy male twig catfish took center stage at the Smithsonian National Zoo this month as guardian of a new clutch of catfish hatchlings.
Other
See the only known untouched shipwreck from the Klondike Gold Rush—recently discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory and announced today. The steamboat A. J. Goddard sank in 1901, killing three crew members.
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It may be called Turkey Day, but the U.S. Thanksgiving Day is about more than just the bird. Learn about a holiday myth—the first "real" Thanksgiving wasn't until the 1800s—and how we celebrate Thanksgiving dinner today.
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On the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On
the Origin of Species, it's widely accepted that humans...
descended from apes. But where are we going? Scientists share visions of cyborgs, stout mothers, and dead ends. ...
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FUTURE HUMANS: Four Ways We May, or May Not, Evolve
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With boots thrown hastily on deck and cooking utensils scattered, the last moments of the crew aboard the gold rush-era paddleboat A. J. Goddard are preserved in the ship's recently found wreck, archaeologists say.
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On the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species, an intelligent design advocate and an evolutionist weigh in on six natural wonders often cited as evidence against Darwin's theory.
Life Science
Charles Darwin
High-level winds may have hampered most storms from spawning during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season--but hurricane activity will likely ratchet up again in 2010, experts predict.
