Bloodsuckers or bloated corpses? How science has tried to explain vampire myths.

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A realistic statue of the fictional vampire Nosferatu at the exhibition Vampires: Art, History, Myths And Realities
Nosferatu creeps up the stairs at the exhibition "Vampires: Art, History, Myths And Realities."

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New Zealand has had dozens of 'slow' earthquakes that can last weeks. A hidden underwater sea may be the cause.

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Napier, New Zealand sits along Hawke Bay, with many buildings softly lit and purplish during sunset
Napier sits along Hawke Bay on New Zealand's eastern coast, near the Hikurangi Plateau.

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A mysterious rock orbiting Earth appears to be a chunk of the moon that was blasted away by a meteorite

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A painting represents a large grey asteroid, Kamo`oalewa, floating in space near the moon. The Earth is seen in the background.
An artist's illustration of near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa floating in space between the moon and our planet.

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Video shows weird 'kelping' behavior in whales. Scientists think it's the animals using seaweed to exfoliate.

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A whales fin coming out of the water, draped in a thick tangle of kelp.
The researchers reported over 100 times they caught the whales kelping. Sometimes they rubbed the seaweed on their fins, but other times, they put it on their face and tail.

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How climate change contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire and 7 other ancient civilizations

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A photo of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Tunisia.
An ancient Roman amphitheater in Tunisia.

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A 14-year-old won $25,000 for his simple solution to treat skin cancer. Just use soap.

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Heman Bekele smiling with his trophy next to his mentor Deborah Isabelle
Bekele with his mentor, Deborah Isabelle, who was assigned by 3M as part of the competition.

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Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

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Members of the Swiss federal army's honor guard in October 2012.

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How to spot a corporate psychopath and avoid hiring a candidate with sociopathy

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Christian Bale's character in American Psycho.

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Researchers reconstruct the face of a teenage mummy believed to have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual more than 500 years ago

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A close-up of Juanita's reconstructed face.
The reconstruction of the face of a young woman who was found frozen and mummified near the summit of Mount Ampato in the Peruvian Andes after being sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago, in Arequipa, Peru.

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13 mummified mice in Mars-like environments atop 20,000-foot volcanoes have stumped scientists, who don't know why mice would climb to such harsh heights

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a mummified mouse is a mangled ball of fur with bones poking out on a white surface next to a ruler showing it's about two inches long
One of the 13 mangled, mummified mice that researchers found on top of Andean volcanoes.

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