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Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why

Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even for astronauts that don’t experience them on Earth By Joanna.

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Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death

Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel were more likely to experience serious health problems or die.

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What Plant Migrations Tell Us about Ourselves

What Plant Migrations Tell Us about Ourselves New insights into why animals play, how to hunt an asteroid, and more books out now By Erica Berry An underwater view of.

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The Life and Gruesome Death of a Bog Man Revealed after 5,000 Years

Before he was bludgeoned to death and left in a Danish bog, an ancient individual now known as Vittrup Man was an emblem of past and future ways of living..

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How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate?

February 18, 2024 3 min read Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approach to reproduction By Stephanie Pappas A stingray in a small.

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Why Do Birds Have Such Skinny Legs?

February 10, 2024 4 min read The songbirds in your backyard hop around on such itty-bitty legs. Here’s why bird legs are so skinny and how they can support a.

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Why Does a Solar Eclipse Move West to East?

February 3, 2024 3 min read Here’s why the path of a solar eclipse travels in the opposite direction of that of the sun By Stephanie Pappas The sun rises.

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The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs

February 1, 2024 3 min read Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire, and more books out now By Amy Brady Credit: fotograzia/Getty.

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Pink Fairy Armadillos Have a Weird Double Skin Not Seen in Any Other Mammal

January 20, 2024 3 min read Pink fairy armadillos evolved a unique double skin millions of years ago as they moved underground in response to a drying climate By Richard.

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What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?

January 12, 2024 3 min read This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive Arctic outbreaks of this century,” one climate scientist says By.

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