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Antarctica quiz: Test your knowledge on Earth's frozen continent
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Antarctica is Earth's frozen continent. Covering 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square kilometers), it's bigger than Europe and Australia. It holds about 60% of Earth's total fresh water, w ...[Continue Reading]
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30 Winter Movies Classics To Watch This Year
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Frances McDormand next to murdered officer in the snow in a scene from the film 'Fargo', 1996. Getty Images There is something magical about getting snowed in, curling up by the fire and putting o ...[Continue Reading]
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1,500-year-old tomb in Peru holds human sacrifices, including strangled son next to father's remains, genetic analysis reveals
Kristina Killgrove
Two teenagers who were strangled 1,500 years ago as part of an ancient Andean funeral rite were closely related to the adults they were buried with, according to a new genetic study. But surprisingly ...[Continue Reading]
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3 Christmas traditions that may have pagan roots, and 4 that (probably) don't
Tom Metcalfe
It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, afterChristianity became th ...[Continue Reading]
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New Study Shows Volcanic Eruptions Did Not Cause The Extinction Of Dinosaurs
David Bressan, Senior Contributor, David Bressan, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/
Artwork of a pair of tyrannosaur dinosaurs surveying a volcanic landscape. getty About 66 million years ago, a meteorite hit Earth near what today is the Yucatn peninsula, causing widespread destr ...[Continue Reading]
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Science Done by Volunteers Highlighted at Decembers American Geophysical Union Meeting
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Two dozen scientists at the meeting gathered for lunch in the atrium of the National Portrait Gallery to talk about doing NASA science with volunteers. They discussed projects about asteroids, landsl ...[Continue Reading]
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