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These Are The Only Photos Ever Taken Of The Surface Of VenusVolcanic terrain looking like large irregular slabs with a yellowy hueThese Are The Only Photos Ever Taken Of The Surface Of VenusVolcanic terrain looking like large irregular slabs with a yellowy hue

These Are The Only Photos Ever Taken Of The Surface Of Venus

Everything we have comes from a handful of Russian missions in the 1970s and '80s.

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Does Everyone Have An Imagination? Find Out In Issue 9 Of CURIOUS – Out NowDoes everyone have a mind's eye? You may be surprised. Find out in issue 9 of IFLScience's digital magazine CURIOUS. Image credit: (C) IFLScience
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High Blood Pressure Damages Brain Regions Associated With Dementia, World-First Study Finds

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Australian Firm Obtains Mammoth DNA Sequence, Makes Mammoth Meatballs

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People Are Less Satisfied With Their Marriage If Their Partner Has Social Anhedoniaheterosexual married couple arguing sitting on the bed with the man in the foreground
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People Are Less Satisfied With Their Marriage If Their Partner Has Social Anhedonia

It looks like the main culprit could be communication problems.

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3,500-Year-Old Unfinished Obelisk Would Dwarf Other Egyptian Monuments, If It Were Finished

Carved into the rock but never finished, this massive monument would have been huge.

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A Colossal Ecosystem Teeming With Life Is Below Earth's Surface

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Galaxy Gets Reclassified Now Its Supermassive Black Hole Is Shooting Straight At UsThis artist's concept shows a "feeding," or active, supermassive black hole with a jet streaming outward at nearly the speed of light.
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Galaxy Gets Reclassified Now Its Supermassive Black Hole Is Shooting Straight At Us

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People With Mental Illness Are Biologically Older Than Peers

The research hints at why mental illness is linked with age-related disease.

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This Could Be The Best Way To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You

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How Do Fitness Trackers Work? They're More Complex Than You May Think

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Why Do Humans Keep Inventing The Supernatural?Pretty much anywhere at any time, humans have invented the supernatural. Why does it keep happening? Find out in IFLScience's digital magazine, CURIOUS
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Why Do Humans Keep Inventing The Supernatural?

Most cultures throughout history have invented the supernatural, and just as many have argued it doesn’t exist. So why do we keep returning to it?

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People Just Tested The Cold War's Weirdest Weapon Idea In The Desert

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