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Smithsonian releases Wright brothers contract detailing ‘first in flight’ claims
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Rare sea creatures made up of thousands of clones
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The private Dragon spacecraft is set to return to Earth Sunday (Oct. 28), wrapping up the first-ever commercial cargo mission…
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Better to lose your foot than your life, at least if you’re a snail. In a move reminiscent of certain…
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Researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History have documented 51 different butterfly species at the U.S. military base at…
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Russian Soyuz Rocket Launches New European Weather Satellite
DARMSTADT, Germany — Europe’s second polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-B, was successfully placed into orbit Sept. 17 by a Soyuz rocket…
Read MoreElectrons’ Elusive Hideouts Imaged for First Time
For the first time, scientists have peered down to the level of a single electron and observed quantum states that…
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