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Technology
Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros
Culture
Life
Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs’ demise
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Technology
Why self-driving cars could be going the way of the jetpack
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Humans
Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?
Culture
Technology
Death rays: How the dream of an ultimate weapon became a dark farce
Features
Space
We may know why Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is red instead of white
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Humans
What the controversial 鈥榟uman鈥� teeth fossils really tell us
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Environment
Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction
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Environment
Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere
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Space
Cassini’s Grand Finale: The spacecraft that unveiled Saturn
Features
Space
Saturn鈥檚 moons could reassemble after a cosmic smash-up
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Life
Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble
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