A digital rendering of the unbuilt Mother’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. (CashNetUSA) From the Statue of Liberty to the Lincoln Memorial, America is home to…
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Sleep — that absurd, amazing habit of losing consciousness for hours on end — is so universal across the animal kingdom that we usually assume…
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‘World’s most beautiful spider’ sparks international row after new species of arachnid with BLUE LEGS is found in Malaysia – but expert says it was…
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Shooting for the moon: Toyota will build a lunar rover for Japan as the 21st Century space race continues JAXA made contact with asteroid Ryugu with…
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Dinosaur species were thriving in the face of climate change and were NOT in decline when an asteroid strike wiped them out 66 million years…
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The world’s first private lunar lander has snapped a selfie with the Earth on its its roundabout journey to the Moon. The Israeli spacecraft, which…
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Archaeologists discover 1,000-year-old ‘untouched’ Maya ritual site containing hundreds of ceramic vessels, burnt offerings, and fragments of bone in Mexican cave The ritual cave was…
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Dawn of the smart TOOTHBRUSH: AI-powered Oral-B device learns your brushing habits and tells you what teeth you’ve missed Genius X uses gyroscopes and sensors…
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‘World’s oldest’ complete tattooing kit dating back 2,700 years found in Tonga contains tools made from HUMAN bones Carbon dating reveal the tools may be…
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Erase annoying tourists from your holiday photos and videos! iPhone app makes people and objects disappear with the touch of a button App can erase…
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Google is still working on a CENSORED search engine for China despite insisting it had ‘no plans’ to release the software, employees claim Google employees…
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Facebook is slammed for ‘unconscionable’ security risks after it’s revealed profiles can be looked up using the phone number you use ONLY for two-factor authentication…
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Fossils of a 27,000-year-old giant ground sloth were recently discovered by researchers. (Stanley Ambrose/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Fossils of a 27,000-year-old giant ground sloth…
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‘Robot shark’ swallows plastic waste before the tide takes it out to sea has been deployed in UK harbour in a bid to fight ocean…
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First ever piece of a Denisovan skull is discovered in the Siberian cave where the remains of four other members of our ancient relatives have…
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Love is sharing a similar lifespan: How we are unwittingly drawn to those with a similar life expectancy Humans select mates sharing similar risks of…
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A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, ready for launch, sits on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2019.…
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SpaceX prepares for historic launch Private American aerospace company SpaceX is set to launch its Crew Dragon capsule, a major step on the road to…
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Is this cup purple or brown? 3D printed goblet changes colour deepening on the direction of the light that hits it The 3D-printed goblet is…
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One night in November 1999, a 26-year-old woman was raped in a parking lot in Grand Rapids, Mich. Police officers managed to get the perpetrator’s…
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War is hell: Toxic chemicals from the 20 million gallons of Agent Orange used by US forces to clear foliage during the Vietnam War continue…
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This weekend, star-gazers might notice three mysteriously bright ‘stars’ in the night sky. These ‘stars’ aren’t actually stars at all, but instead are three planets…
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How the moon got SUNBURN! Particles in the solar wind react with the lunar surface and its magnetic field to create dark and light swirls…
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Huge spider drags opossum across Amazon rainforest floor in horrifying footage A dinner plate-sized tarantula with a big appetite preyed on a young opossum during…
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How being beautiful influences your attitudes toward sex: Attractive people are more likely to have ‘relaxed’ morals (but almost everyone agrees cheating is not okay)…
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Shark attacks have doubled across the globe in the last 20 years, but the rate of attack remains low, new research has found. (File photo…
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The inscription was discovered in an impressive winepress. (Yitzhak Marmelstein, Israel Antiquities Authority) Archaeologists have discovered the estate of a wealthy ancient Samaritan at Zur…
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If you’ve had little sleep this week, don’t expect a lie-in on the weekend to make up for it. A new study has revealed that…
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The Razr IS coming back: Motorola confirms it will launch a folding touchscreen version of the iconic flip phone this year Motorola’s first folding phone,…
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‘Momo’ mystery deepens as YouTube says it hasn’t found ‘ANY recent evidence’ of disturbing challenge that pressures kids to harm themselves – despite reports it’s…
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