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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.

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"Jesus Lizard" Walked on Wyoming Water 48 Million Years Ago

A newly discovered fossil shows "Jesus lizards" walked on water when the badlands of the American west were a tropical rain forest 40 million years ago.