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Beautiful Planet: Highest Resolution Images of Earth Ever Taken (Video)

mnn.com — Mesmerizing timelapse of the Earth is the highest resolution single-shot imagery ever taken of our planet from space. View in Crawl 4

Beautiful Planet: Highest Resolution Images of Earth Ever Taken (Video)
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Projecting human evolution: 5 traits we might possess in the future

mnn.com — Given the growing evidence that humans are still evolving, it's worth asking: What might we be evolving into? View in Crawl 4

Projecting human evolution: 5 traits we might possess in the future
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Russian teens risk their lives for dizzying, sky-high photos

mnn.com — "Skywalking," a growing fad among daredevil Russian teens, gives a glimpse of life on the edge. View in Crawl 4

Russian teens risk their lives for dizzying, sky-high photos
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NASA presents mesmerizing visualization of Earth's ocean currents

mnn.com — Watch in awe as the world's eddying ocean currents swirl in a Van Gogh-esque grandeur. View in Crawl 4

NASA presents mesmerizing visualization of Earth's ocean currents
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Artist creates beautiful indoor clouds

mnn.com — Cloud gazing is no longer an activity reserved for the outdoors, thanks to these life-like but surreal indoor clouds created by artist Berndnaut Sm... View in Crawl 4

Artist creates beautiful indoor clouds
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Musical gloves reveal what Darth Vader might sound like in a chorus

mnn.com — Researchers have created musical gloves that generate a computerized, Vader-like voice when hand gestures duplicate the movements of real vocal cho... View in Crawl 4

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Scientists Invent Robot That Powers Itself By Eating Organic Matter, Then Pooping

mnn.com — Scientists working out of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have invented a robot that powers itself by collecting its own food and water, digests it... View in Crawl 4

Scientists Invent Robot That Powers Itself By Eating Organic Matter, Then Pooping
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How hardcore are bears? They're purposely killing themselves to protest the horror of bile f...

mnn.com — Bears held captive in bile farms often go on hunger strikes, their only means of escape from the conditions. View in Crawl 4

How hardcore are bears? They're purposely killing themselves to protest the horror of bile farms
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10 places abandoned because of man-made environmental catastrophes

mnn.com — Man-made environmental catastrophes come in varying degrees of tragic, but none is as awful as when human action renders once-pristine land uninhab... View in Crawl 4

10 places abandoned because of man-made environmental catastrophes
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Anti-church sentiment rises in Europe as more people seek 'de-baptism'

mnn.com — Websites offering informal 'de-baptism' certificates have ballooned to accommodate the increasing number of people who want to be removed... View in Crawl 4

Anti-church sentiment rises in Europe as more people seek 'de-baptism'
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Giant butter sculpture to power a farm for three days

mnn.com — How a 1,000-pound butter sculpture became an alternative power source for an entire farm. View in Crawl 4

Giant butter sculpture to power a farm for three days
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Do medical marijuana laws decrease traffic deaths?

mnn.com — A controversial new paper claims that medical marijuana laws could be associated with a decrease in the number of alcoholic drinks consumed. View in Crawl 4

Do medical marijuana laws decrease traffic deaths?
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Hairy Houdinis: 6 incredible animal escape artists

mnn.com — Nobody likes being caged up, and it's no different in the animal kingdom. Animals kept in captivity are always looking for a way out — if for ... View in Crawl 4

Hairy Houdinis: 6 incredible animal escape artists
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Mongolian city to be cooled by giant ice cube

mnn.com — Giant ice cube will cool Mongolia's capital city of Ulan Bator during the sweltering summer, as well as supply drinking water to citizens. View in Crawl 4

Mongolian city to be cooled by giant ice cube
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Panda poo to be used as fertilizer for world's most expensive tea

mnn.com — One man in China thinks he can make a fortune by selling tea fertilized by one of the world's most cherished endangered species. View in Crawl 4

Panda poo to be used as fertilizer for world's most expensive tea
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