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Does This Photo Show the Milky Way From Perseverance Mars Rover? The Mars rover is equipped with five cameras.

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Was The ‘Deepest Hole on Earth’ Sealed After Finding ‘2 Billion Year Old Fossil’? There are two ways to get the answer to this question: Scrolling through an unreasonable...

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Is This a Photo of a Martian Sunset? The photograph in question was created by NASA's Spirit Rover in May 2005.

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Does Antarctica Have Functioning Wind Turbines? At least one base in Antarctica is powered completely by renewable energy.

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Does Video Show a Chunk of the White Cliffs of Dover Falling Into the Sea? Coastal erosion had its moment in the spotlight in early February 2021.

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Can a Dentist Tell If You’ve Given Head? "Research on this particular topic is very limited," according to the authors of a 2018...

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Are Scientists ‘Literally Creating Glow-in-the-Dark Trees’ With Firefly DNA? A TikTok video made an impressive number of false statements in 15 seconds.

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Was a Tiny Chameleon with Huge Genitals Discovered in Madagascar? A newly discovered, miniature chameleon may be the world's smallest adult male reptile. Evolutionarily speaking,...

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