Scientists finally solved the centuries-long mystery of where a starfish's head is

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A person holding a five-pointed starfish.
Genetics suggests sea stars have a head in each limb. Does that mean they have multiple brains, too?

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A middle-schooler just won $25,000 for inventing a fire-detection device that works faster than the average smoke detector

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Shanya Gill won $25,000 for her fire detection device.

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Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.

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The skull of a mummified baboon preserved and held by the British Museum
Specimen EA 6738, held by the British Museum: Skull of a mummified baboon recovered from Thebes, Egypt and connected isotopically to Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia.

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Shocked beachgoers witness a surfer killed in a suspected great white shark attack

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A surfer was killed by a great white while surfing near close to Streaky Bay, in South Australia.

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SpaceX finally says it's ready to launch Starship, again. The world's most powerful rocket could reach space for the first time in mid-November — if the FAA says yes.

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Side-by-side images show two iterations of Starship, the Starhopper on the right and the Starship megarocket on the left.

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The FDA proposed to ban brominated vegetable oil. Here's how to tell if it's in your food, and why the FDA thinks it's unsafe to drink.

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Check the ingredients list for traces of brominated vegetable oil.

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NYC exterminators' new weapon has eliminated nearly 100% of rats from over 100 burrows — and they already have their next targets mapped out

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A rat on a subway platform in New York City.

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Cheesemakers are pushing back against France's strict rules as some say climate change is making it impossible to meet the traditional standards

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Rognaix (French Alps, south-eastern France). Company 'Les caves d'Affinage de Savoie', cheese ripener. Washed-rind Tomme cheeses ripened with beer
Rognaix (French Alps, south-eastern France). Company 'Les caves d'Affinage de Savoie', cheese ripener. Washed-rind Tomme cheeses ripened with beer.

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Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down — and 2023 could be the most deadly season yet

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Mount Everest climbers
Mountaineers are seen making their ascent of Mount Everest on May 12, 2021.

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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia

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Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.
Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.

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