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Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Solar Eclipse of the Century,’ Including How to See It
Two total solar eclipses are coming up, with one widely labeled as the “eclipse of the century.”
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SB/Getty Images Scientists Captured the Explosive Birth of a Solar Flare on Video
Researchers have finally caught a major solar flare in the act of being born. And even better, they got the entire thing on video.
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THE PALMER/GETTY IMAGES Ancient Kangaroos Were Absolutely Humongous, But They Could Still Hop
These kangaroo behemoths, covered in muscles, were theoretically roughly as springy as modern-day kangaroos.
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Tunart/Getty Images Why Some People Laugh at Funerals, According to Science
The harder you fight it, the worse it gets.
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Mary Parrish/NMNH Everything We Know About Prototaxites, the Giant Organism That Came Before Trees
This thing should not exist, and that’s exactly the problem.
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Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Will Earth Really Lose Gravity in 2026?
People are now believing that the earth will allegedly “lose gravity” for seven seconds on August 12, 2026. Yes, really.
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X/@Protect_Wldlife Meet Veronika, the Incredible Cow That Can Use Tools
Long-time fans of the Far Side (like me) can say that Gary Larson’s legendary comic strip predicted this long ago.