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The largest artificial rain experiment ever undertaken will aim to induce extra rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau.
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The ambitious BioGenome Project aims to sequence and store the genomes of more than 1.5 million species.
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In a rare case of natural selection in modern humans, the free-diving Bajau people have developed a larger spleen.
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Scientists have used modern scanning techniques to discover what thylacine infants really looked like.
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The eerily human-like robot has ditched her bald-headed android guise in favor of something more glamorous.
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A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a depiction of the mythical Aztec universe on the side of a volcano.
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A new mathematical model of the Sun's magnetic activity has indicated that we may soon be in for a cold spell.
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Built on an island in the middle of the Pacific, this mysterious ancient city remains a modern-day enigma.
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NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
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Scientists have been working to solve one of the most enduring maritime mysteries of the modern age.
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Scientists have developed a new way of heating fusion plasmas inside tokamak nuclear fusion reactors.
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Plans to land a modified version of the company's reusable Dragon capsule on Mars have been scrapped.
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The remarkable longevity of Roman sea piers has proven something of a mystery to modern engineers.
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The discovery casts doubt on the idea that modern humans evolved in a single 'cradle of humanity'.
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Far from being a modern phenomenon, antibiotic-resistant microbes have existed for millions of years.
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Homo naledi's brain may not have been as big as that of a modern human, but it was still sophisticated.
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Last year the Slims river totally vanished in what is thought to be a modern case of 'river piracy'.
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Hundreds of people have been flocking to Argentina to witness what some are calling a modern miracle.
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The Haar Mode Team salon in Dresden is offering customers a rather unique type of massage service.