Chinstrap penguins take thousands of 4-second naps a day so they can stay alert and guard their newborns around-the-clock, researchers say

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Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica
Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica.

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El Niño rains in Kenya have caused devastating flooding and killed over 120 people. Here's what it looks like.

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Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains in Tula, Tana River county in Kenya on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains on November 25, 2023.

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Photos show the process of collecting snake venom to produce life-saving anti-venom

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A snakebites into cellophane covering the top of a shot glass and releases its venom into the glass.

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A physicist says it's possible to determine if our universe is a giant simulation and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund his experiment

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"The Matrix" brought the concept that we may all be living in a computer simulation to the masses.

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Forever working: Gadget plans to tap into your productivity while you sleep by inducing lucid dreaming

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Getting better sleep can improve a host of other health concerns.

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'Vampire' stars could be using galactic henchmen to help feed on their companions

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Artist's impression composed of a star with a disc around it (a type-Be "vampire" star; foreground) and its companion star that has been stripped of its outer parts (background).

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Thomas Edison tried to take credit for a device created by a Black American inventor

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Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.

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7 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt

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Joaquin Phoenix played "Napoleon" in Ridley Scott's latest biopic.

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World's 'saddest' elephant dies after more than 40 years alone in a concrete pen at Manila Zoo

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Visitors watch the elephant named "Mali" inside an enclosure at Manila zoo in 2013.

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Amazon launches partnership with rival SpaceX to send competing satellites into orbit

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off early on September 21, 2014, from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.

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