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Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science

A new app allows users to track the 3,000-mile migration of Monarch butterflies, aiding scientific understanding of this natural wonder.

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Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science

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Among the sacred hills of Colombia’s Guainía

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Man builds jet ski UFO of his (literal) dreams

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Women’s pro baseball swings for the fences

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Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science

Latest Discoveries

Astronomers Peered at the Early Universe and May Have Discovered a New Kind of Celestial Object: Black Hole Stars

Among the sacred hills of Colombia’s Guainía

Man builds jet ski UFO of his (literal) dreams

Women’s pro baseball swings for the fences

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Micro-Kindness

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