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Scientists Put A Dead Salmon Inside An fMRI Scanner And Watched Its Brain Activity – Then Something Very Strange HappenedSalmon and fish on ice for sale at a market.
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Scientists Put A Dead Salmon Inside An fMRI Scanner And Watched Its Brain Activity – Then Something Very Strange Happened

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Gentoo Penguins Are Four Species Not One, Says Research Proposing The First Entirely New Penguin Species In 100 YearsA gentoo penguin dives off an iceburg into the water, captured at the perfect moment before the bird hits the surface.
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Gentoo Penguins Are Four Species Not One, Says Research Proposing The First Entirely New Penguin Species In 100 Years

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Giant Squid Have Been Detected Living In Unexpected Waters For First Time In 25 Years

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The Largest Volcanic Eruption This Century Cleaned Up After Itself. And We Could Learn To Do The SameThe ash cloud from the Tonga eruption was it's most obvious outcome, but withing that cloud what was happening to the methane might be the bigger story

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The Largest Volcanic Eruption This Century Cleaned Up After Itself. And We Could Learn To Do The SameThe ash cloud from the Tonga eruption was it's most obvious outcome, but withing that cloud what was happening to the methane might be the bigger story
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The Largest Volcanic Eruption This Century Cleaned Up After Itself. And We Could Learn To Do The Same

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The Only Known Bird Without Wings – Not Even Vestigial Ones – Was Also The Tallest To Ever Livea giant eagle swoops down on two fleeing moa

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120-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Trackway Lost For 70 Years Rediscovered, Revealing Giant Species Roamed As Far As MongoliaTwo parallel trackways of large sauropods overlap and extend toward the upper left of the image, forming a series of large, oval-shaped depressions. The overlapping pattern indicates that one individual followed the exact path of another.
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“It Was Definitely An Unconventional Solution”: Mysterious Function Of Phallic Structures Deep In The Amazon Solved With The Help Of 40 Condomsa cicada tower stick out of the amazon's forest floor, another image shows a second tower with a condom wrapped over the top

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“It Was Definitely An Unconventional Solution”: Mysterious Function Of Phallic Structures Deep In The Amazon Solved With The Help Of 40 Condomsa cicada tower stick out of the amazon's forest floor, another image shows a second tower with a condom wrapped over the top
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American Bison Rose From Near-Extinction To Being The USA’s National Mammal. 10 Years On, They Might Face A New ThreatAn american bison stands in a field looking at the camera with other bison around. There are fall tress in the background.
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American Bison Rose From Near-Extinction To Being The USA’s National Mammal. 10 Years On, They Might Face A New Threat

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How Did Plant Species Survive The Death of The Dinosaurs? By Doubling Down, Genetically Speakingforest path with yellow flowers and trees

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The US Has The Most Volcanoes Of Any Country In The World – But Why Does It Have So Many?Two bright orange lava fountains erupting against a dark sky
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Watch A Fish Swim Backwards In Rare Footage Offering A Glimpse Into Life 260 Meters Down On The Arctic SeafloorSnailfish swims in front of the camera at 260 meters deep, the red light illuminates its body.

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