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The Theory That There Is Only One Electron in the Universe

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It's estimated that there are around 1082 atoms in the observable universe. With each element in...
It's estimated that there are around 1082 atoms in the observable universe. With each element in the periodic table containing at least one electron, you can therefore safely assume there are at least 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 elect...
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Shark-Ray Hybrid? Aquarium Suggests Shark May Have Impregnated Its Lone Stingray

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There's a bit of a mystery going on at the Aquarium and Shark Lab in Hendersonville,...
There's a bit of a mystery going on at the Aquarium and Shark Lab in Hendersonville, North Carolina, after a stingray became pregnant despite no male stingrays being present. While an interesting mystery in its own right, the case has drawn extra attention after suggestions by the head of the aquarium that the sting...
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Bacteria Found 1,250 Meters Under Earth Can Turn Carbon Dioxide into Calcite

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Deep beneath the ground in South Dakota’s Black Hills, there lives a bacterium that has the...
Deep beneath the ground in South Dakota’s Black Hills, there lives a bacterium that has the potential to rapidly turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into a solid mineral under extreme conditions. If scientists figure out how to harness these bizarre microbes, they could offer a new way to capture greenhouse gases in depleted ...
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Sad Clown Paradox: Why You Should Check in on Your Funny Friends

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In the hit series This Is Us, a revealing episode centers around the show’s clown, Toby,...
In the hit series This Is Us, a revealing episode centers around the show’s clown, Toby, who as a child responded to his mother’s anguish by being funny. The attempt at resolution transforms him into a very funny individual, but also one who suffers from debilitating depression. The story is a familiar one and it ha...
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The United States Just Grew by 1M Square Kilometers in Size

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NASA Removes Last Two Fasteners to Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample

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The final hurdle to retrieving the full sample of asteroid Bennu collected by OSIRIS-REx – the...
The final hurdle to retrieving the full sample of asteroid Bennu collected by OSIRIS-REx – the first asteroid return sample in US history – has at last been overcome. NASA technicians have been able to successfully remove the two fasteners from the sampler head that have been preventing them from opening the caniste...
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The Theory That There Is Only One Electron in the Universe

Shark-Ray Hybrid? Aquarium Suggests Shark May Have Impregnated Its Lone Stingray

Bacteria Found 1,250 Meters Under Earth Can Turn Carbon Dioxide into Calcite

Sad Clown Paradox: Why You Should Check in on Your Funny Friends

The United States Just Grew by 1M Square Kilometers in Size

NASA Removes Last Two Fasteners to Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample