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All Hail the Kraken: Scientists Capture Live Footage of Giant Squid
Japanese scientists have proof that the kraken is alive and well after capturing live footage of a giant squid for the first time.
Watch: Stunning Solar Eruption Bigger than 20 Earths (No, It Won’t Kill You)
Check out this NASA-created video beamed from the Solar Dynamics Observatory of our sun firing a blast of super-hot plasma further than our planet’s diameter twentyfold.
The Secret to the Perfect Christmas Tree? Cloning, Say German Scientists
Scientists say they’ve managed to clone a perfectly shaped, colored, and insect-resistant tree — that doesn’t shed its needles all over your carpet. It’s a Christmas miracle!
New Lizard Named in Honor of President Obama’s Toothy Smile
The ‘Obamadon gracilis’ has been named in honor of the re-elected president. And no, Romneydon was never considered.
Alert Bruce Willis: Two Asteroids Pass Close to Earth
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s 2012 XE54 and 4179 Toutatis!
Two asteroids will be buzzing past our planet on Tuesday, giving astronomers something to talk about around the dinner table and …
Scientists Discover the Oldest Dinosaur Yet
It was the size of a labrador, with a 5-foot tail.
Rise of the Machines: Cambridge University to Study Technology’s ‘Existential Risk’ to Mankind
While many Americans were finalizing preparations for Thanksgiving on Nov. 21, the U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter signed a new policy directive aimed at reducing the risk and “consequences of failures in autonomous …
Bigfoot Is Part Human, and Here Are the DNA Tests to Prove It, Claims Researcher
Bigfoot is people! …Maybe.
What Particle Physics Sounds Like: Meet Bill Fontana, Artist in Residence at CERN
American sound artist Bill Fortuna becomes the third artist in residence at Europe’s leading particle physics laboratory.
Grasshoppers Near Highways Change Their Mating Calls
On any given day, traffic victimizes many individuals living in urban areas.
Researchers Discover ‘White Noise’ of Smell, ‘Olfactory White’
Light of all colors or wavelengths combine to form white light. Similarly, sounds of all different frequencies mix to produce white noise. A group of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel decided to find out …