They're getting ready for the downfall of America. Just don't call them preppers.

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Residents of Riverbed Ranch are building their own small town from scratch. The goal? Survive if America collapses.

Hokyoung Kim for BI

The next country to land humans on the moon in the next 10 years 'sets a precedent' for who decides the rules there: US officials

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China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe

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An artist's impression of a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by a disc of super-heated material.

ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Scientists captured a stunning photo of two glass octopuses intertwined. They might be having deep-sea sex.

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A picture shows two octopuses closely intertwined, shot from the bottom on a pitch-black background. These are glass octopuses, their bodies are mostly transparent.
The image of two intertwined glass octopuses, seen on a deep-sea expedition.

ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute. CC BY-NC-SA

So, that 31-year-old dog in Portugal might not be the oldest dog in the world after all

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Bobi, a dog in Portugal, was said to have lived to 31.
Bobi, a dog in Portugal, was said to have lived to 31.

Jorge Jeronimo/Associated Press

Alaska's once crystal-clear rivers now resemble dirty orange soda, puzzling researchers

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A stream tributary of the Akillik River in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, turned orange.

Jon O'Donnell/National Park Service

The mystery of Siberia's strange exploding craters may have finally been solved

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FILE PHOTO: A member of an expedition group stands on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia November 9, 2014 REUTERS/Vladimir Pushkarev/Russian Centre of Arctic Exploration
A member of an expedition group stands on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia

Reuters

2 cicada broods are popping up together for the first time in 221 years — and they'll meet in Illinois

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Photo collage of Cicadas

Cicada Safari Press, Tyler Le/BI

The doomed US moon lander is on a collision course with Earth and will be destroyed to protect other satellites

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Photo of dented Multi-Layer Insulation on board the Peregrine mission.
This image taken from Peregrine after launch showed damage to the lander's outer sheeting.

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Iceland scientists want to drill a hole straight into a reservoir of molten magma about a mile underground. It could generate limitless energy.

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A picture shows clouds billowing out of the a rig and of a hole in the ground, on a snowy backdrop.
Clouds of smoke billow out of a borehole created when scientists accidentally drilled into a magma chamber in 2009.

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