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Unusual Half-Male, Half-Female Northern Cardinal Spotted in Pennsylvania

A not-so-rare male cardinal.

Unusual Half-Male, Half-Female Northern Cardinal Spotted in Pennsylvania

Watch as NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Down on Mars

Just touched down in crater town.

Watch as NASA’s Perseverance Rover Touches Down on Mars

Transport Yourself With This Northern Lights Livestream

The northern lights in northwest Canada.

Transport Yourself With This Northern Lights Livestream

20 Amazing Animals Discovered in the Last 20 Years

Tim Laman, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 4.0

20 Amazing Animals Discovered in the Last 20 Years

Microscopic Wasps Will Help Stamp Out a Moth Infestation at Anne Boleyn’s Ancestral Home

Blickling Hall in Norfolk, England.

Ready Player Oink: Pigs Can Be Taught to Play Video Games

Pigs like gaming.

See How Many Balloons It Would Take to Lift the House from Pixar's Up

Disney, Pixar

Sea Cucumbers on One Coral Reef Drop Several Eiffel Towers’ Worth of Poop Each Year—and That’s a Good Thing

To be clear, this is the sea cucumber.

Common Misconceptions About Evolution

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11 Plants and Animals Scientifically Named After Fictional Characters

Oedipina complex, the Gamboa worm salamander.

11 Surprising Facts About Thomas Edison

Levin C. Handy, Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

New Spacecraft Named After Katherine Johnson Honors the Pioneering NASA Mathematician

Alex Wong/Getty Images

10 African American Inventors Who Changed the World

President Barack Obama presents George Carruthers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in February 2013.

What Exactly Is White Noise?

A photo you can practically hear.

The World's Tiniest Reptile Has Disproportionately Large Genitals

Brookesia nana is an anatomical marvel.

Sprout of Office: Scientists Taught Spinach Plants to Send Emails About Hazardous Materials in the Soil

They'll leaf you a message.