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What's the deal with this beaver herding a bunch of cows?

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American Beaver

An animal behaviorist shares his thoughts about the viral video

Either those ranchers have turned beaver training into a high art, or there's something else going on here. Read on.

Fujifilm’s new instant digital camera is a reminder that film is not dead

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Fujifilm Instax SQ10 Square Camera

The Fujifilm Instax Square SQ10 is a digital camera that can crank out Polaroid-style prints.

Fujifim's new Instax camera mixes digital photography with an old-school film feel.

Cosmic 'hamburger' gives scientists a rare view of a newborn solar system

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illustration of the protostellar disk of HH212

It could help us learn more about how stars and planets form

A new image of a developing solar system is helping scientists to learn more about how stars and planets form.

Antarctica is leaking from the inside out

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The Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is draining huge quantities of water out to sea.

Scientists have discovered that Antarctica is melting from the inside out. They examine what this means for sea-level rise.

How to protect your smartphone privacy

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Prevent Google and Apple from tracking you

Your smartphone can feed location data and other information to Apple or Google while you use it. Here's why—and how to stop it.

Non-cheesy gift ideas for new and soon-to-be moms

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Mother's Day is May 14.

Must have tech maternity items. Read on.

The new Google Earth lacks some important tools for researchers

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Google earth at a distance

Fortunately, Google says it will keep the classic desktop app up to date

New google earth lacks almost all the features that made it valuable for researchers…

Frog mucus can fight off the flu

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frog

A good kind of slime

Mucus can be gross, but it could also create medicine. Read on.

Sea cucumbers have a secret superpower

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orange spiky sea cucumber in the water

It looks like a diseased pickle, but looks can be deceiving

Named for the long, tubular vegetable with a clean smell and a crisp flavor, the animal looks more like a pickle with an unmentionable skin disease. Read on.

The evolution of the great American pickup truck, from 1925 to today

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Keep on truckin’.

There is no vehicle more American than the pickup truck. Read on.

A warp in space-time just gave us four views of one exploding star

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four supernovas

Astronomers catch a galaxy magnifying and splitting the light from a supernova

A galaxy passing in front of a supernova does trippy things to its light. Read on.

Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat

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naked mole rats

They can basically survive without oxygen

Naked mole rats thrive in environments that would leave humans gasping for breath.

Google Home can now recognize individual users by the sound of their voice

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An inevitable but important step forward for smart home hubs

On Thursday, Google announced that its Home device will now be able to know who is talking to it by just the sound of their voice, a key development for smart home…

Logitech Pop Smart Button Review

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Logitech Pop Home Switches Smarthome Review

These programmable switches can tackle your most common smart home functions.

The Logitech Pop Smart Buttons put customizable smart home functions at the touch of a pastel-colored button.

Why are the measles coming back?

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Kid with measles

And what’s a few measly measles anyway?

We eliminated measles in the U.S. in 2000. Somebody should tell the measles. Because even though the virus has no permanent home stateside, it keeps getting in—more and…

Burning bones helped prove that women were poisoned by glowing paint

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skulls

Excerpt: The Radium Girls

Mollie Maggia died slandered. In death, she cleared her name, and helped get justice for her sisters. Read on.

Viryl's new record presses are the first in 30 years

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Viryl WarmTone Record Press

Modern machinery for the vinyl renaissance

Canadian company Viryl is building the first new record presses in over 30 years—and updating them for a whole new generation of pressmen.

A food vacuum sealer for 64 percent off? I'd buy it.

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INLIFE K9 Automatic Food Saver

Keep your edible stuff fresh—for $160 less.

Keep your food fresh for $160 less. Read on.

This is how a star-enveloping solar power plant might work

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The anatomy of a Dyson Sphere.

Here's how alien civilizations (or humans in the distant future) might meet their crazy energy needs. Read on.

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

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But these eyedrops are a long way off

New cells identified in the retina could be a target for jet-lag-curing eyedrops. Read on.
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