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Honey Bees Hunt for Land Mines in Croatia

Swarms of honey bees buzz over Croatian meadows in an experimental hunt for explosives, making them new recruits in authorities' efforts to clear away thousands of potentially deadly landmines.

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Solar-Powered ‘Mayflower' to Cross Ocean 400 Years After Pilgrim Voyage

If all goes as planned, this high-tech, solar-and-wind-powered ship will follow the same route its pioneering namesake took, ‘from Plymouth to Plymouth.'

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Apes Appear To Have Potential For Human Speech: Study

New research suggests that apes have the ability to perform behaviors that require vocal and breathing control and may have the ability to develop speech.

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Earthlings Tweet Questions in Cyberspace, Astronaut Answers From Orbit

Astronaut Scott Kelly is answering questions from people around the world who tweet them with the hashtag #YEARINSPACE.

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Astronauts Grow Salad Greens, Eat Fresh Food in Space, a NASA First

Space farming reached an important milestone this week when astronauts got to eat fresh salad greens grown aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet Yet In the "Goldilocks Zone"

The most Earth-like planet yet, with an orbit that makes temperatures "just right" for supporting life, has been discovered 1,400 light years away.

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Scientists 'Delete' HIV Virus From Human DNA for the First Time

The HIV-1 virus has proved to be tenacious, inserting its genome permanently into its victims' DNA, forcing patients to take a lifelong drug regimen. But, in 2014, a team of Temple University School of Medicine researchers designed a way to snip out the HIV-1 genes for good.

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You Have to Sea it to Believe it: New Superfood Ocean Plant Tastes Like Bacon

After 15 years of growing a strain of super-seaweed, researchers at Oregon State University have patented the algae that tastes like bacon when cooked.