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Rolling Snakes Can Clock Up Speeds Of Almost 4 Meters Per Second As They Lasso Themselves Away From Danger

Instead of simply barrel rolling down a hill, however, these snakes curl themselves up into almost a lasso shape and fling ...
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This El Niño Is So Tenacious It's Caused A Change In Ocean Colour That Can Be Detected From Space

You might think we want a deep-blue sea, but it marks a massive die-off in photosynthesizing life in the Pacific.
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Whalefall: Could A Whale Really Swallow A Human? Here’s What The Experts Have To Say About If This Hell Could Actually Happen

Daniel Kraus, author of the novel of the same name, chose sperm whales specifically because they're about the only creature ...
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There's A Suspicious-Looking Hole On The Moon, And NASA's Going To Investigate It With A Surface Mission

NASA has selected a mission to investigate a suspicious-looking hole on the surface of the Moon. It intends to explore the ...
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A Shiny Space Object Crashed Into A Cornfield In The US – A Chinese Rocket Launch Is The Prime Suspect

China’s space program is frequently accused of allowing rockets to crash to Earth in uncontrolled re-entries, but the US ...
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Study Of 1,600 "Cases" Claims To Have Found An Odd Correlation In Reincarnation Reports

A new study looking at reports of reincarnation claims to have found an odd correlation between the manner of death of a person and the claimed "rebirth" of an individual who remembers this "past life ...
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The Longest Claws Of Any Land Animal Ever Were Over A Meter Long – What Was “The Frankenstein Of Dinosaurs” Using Them For?

These feathered dinosaurs mixed the body plan of a giraffe, panda, and sloth to become one of the most terrifying vegetarians ...