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Gamma-ray burst is one of the brightest in decades

MIT develops robot that slithers through intestines like a snake

Rare glob-eyed fish spotted in ocean’s twilight zone

Extremely chill bear named Paul wins a Dude-approved award

Permanent Daylight Saving Time is dangerous for kids, new research says

The puppy-sized bats of Madagascar are shrinking

The creepy science behind sleep paralysis ‘demons’

Spider named after Stephen Colbert has twice as many chromosomes as you

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Dog’s paw print found in a 3,700-year-old brick

Bear with multiple tapeworms sticking out of its butt wins award

‘Hell chicken’ dinosaur likely dined on fruit, not meat

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9 nature-inspired pumpkin carving patterns from the National Park Service

Unknown bald eagle spotted on Shadow’s nest

Why are bogs so good at preserving dead bodies?

China’s super-secret space plane visible in clearest photo yet

Apple just dropped the AI-oriented M6 chip into the iMac and the 14-inch MacBook Pro

Silly bear cub wins award for being terrible at hide-and-seek

How to avoid the iPhone’s notorious ‘silent alarm’ bug

This lava planet shouldn’t have an atmosphere—but it does

A three-legged cougar named Crimson is thriving in Arkansas

In 1828, serial killers sold their victims’ bodies to science

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