A British swimmer became the first person to circumnavigate the whole of Great Britain – a 1,791-mile challenge that took him 157 days. Hundreds of spectators cheered as long-distance swimmer Ross Edgley, 33, swam ashore in Margate on Sunday, touching dry land … Discuss
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Drone footage of a rare shark nursery, found 200 miles off west of Ireland, has been revealed. It’s being called a discovery on a “scale not previously documented in Irish waters.” The footage showed off a large concentration of uncased shark eggs, alongside … Discuss
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Sometimes, boring is best — and that’s certainly true when you’re trying to set a lander down on the surface of Mars, where any eventfulness is likely bad news. That’s why scientists carefully chose a flat, featureless expanse of the Red Planet called … Discuss
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Talk about dust bunnies you can’t get rid of. A new study may finally confirm the reality of dust clouds that have circled the Earth, after scientists have had heated debates over their existence for more than 50 years. The clouds were first spotted by … Discuss
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In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3-D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate … Discuss
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When the South Atlantic Ocean was young, sea monsters ruled it. Some of their bones have turned up along the coast of West Africa and are going on exhibit Friday at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. They tell a story of the bloody birth of an … Discuss
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Scientists at MIT want to use existing lasers to create a signal that aliens, who are also looking for life in the universe, will find. According to scientists, the beacons will be able to attract the attention of intelligent extraterrestrial life from … Discuss
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Astronomers think they have identified a star they believe to be about 13.5 billion years old, which would place its birth just after the Big Bang — and it’s surprisingly close to us. The new discovery suggests that our own corner of the galaxy may be … Discuss
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Energy drinks aren’t technically a “food.” That’s not to trash them—it’s just a fact, and an important one at that. The Food & Drug Administration regulates all products defined as food to ensure they’re safe for human consumption. Coffee drinks and soda, for … Discuss
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Mario Segale, who inspired one of the world’s most recognizable characters in Nintendo’s Mario, has died at age 84. Segale was Nintendo’s landlord outside of Seattle, Wash., when the company created Donkey Kong — the classic game that launched the … Discuss
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