Livestream Offers a Close-Up View of Thousands of Rattlesnakes in a ‘Mega Den’

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A Project RattleCam image shows a large group of snakes.

Truck Receives Laser Signal from Space in First-of-Its-Kind Demonstration

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The WA Optical Ground Station at UWA.

Greenland sharks can live for over 250 years, and scientists want to use their anti-aging secrets to help humans live longer

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Researchers collecting a tissue sample from a Greenland shark.

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We Finally Know How General Anesthesia Knocks You Out

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Anesthesiologist gives patient general anesthesia before a surgery.

George R.R. Martin Has Some Very Specific Ideas About Dragon Anatomy

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A James Webb Telescope scientist explains what it's like to create the most beautiful space images of our time

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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
The James Webb is often called the worlds most powerful space telescope.

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Why meteorologists avoid afternoon and evening flights in the summer

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a plane flies toward a bright sun in an orange sky

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NASA is investing in a rocket that could get humans to Mars and back in 2 months — and travel at 100,000 mph

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Illustration of the Pulsed Plasma Rocket blasting off in space with Earth in the distance
Once fully developed, the Pulsed Plasma Rocket could blast through space at 100,000 miles per hour.

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Elon Musk has reportedly offered his sperm to help colonize Mars. It's unclear if that's possible.

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Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO.

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Excavators studying ancient Egyptian tombs discovered that even the ultra-wealthy suffered from disease and malnutrition

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An empty tomb with some construction markers in Aswan, Egypt
A joint mission of the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has been studying tombs in Aswan, Egypt for several years, learning much about how the people lived and died.

Mission of the University of Milan and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (EIMAWA)

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