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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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.

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NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on a call with journalists from the International Space Station.

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Photos show the mysterious ancient objects that mountaineers are finding on the Alps' melting glaciers

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Romain Andenmatten shows a horseshoe found on a melting glacier.

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Florida residents were shocked to see a manatee swimming in their human-made lake. A biologist thinks she knows how it got there.

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The Florida manatee is a sub-species of the West Indian manatee and travels around the Atlantic Ocean.

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The most common type of EV battery is a growing source of 'forever chemical' pollution, scientists say

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Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles are made with a class of PFAS chemicals.

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Hippos Go Airborne at Top Speeds, Video Footage Reveals

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Adult hippos entering the water in Kenya's Maasai Mara park.

Mars-Orbiting Spacecraft Captures ‘Snaking Scar’ Across the Base of Enormous Volcano

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Scientists studied 1,200 cats to determine why they scratch up furniture and how to stop it

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Scientists find that children can stress cats out so much that they're more likely to scratch up furniture, as a result.

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Forget Mt. Everest — it's not even close to the most difficult mountains to climb, according to mountaineers

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Hundreds of people stand atop Mt. Everest each year. But far fewer summit the Seven Second Summits, the second-highest peaks on each continent that push climbers to their limits.

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