Scientists Create World's First 'Synthetic Embyros' Using Stem Cells From Mice

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World-Record 'Megaflash' of Lightning Stretched Across The US For Almost 500 Miles

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Explorers Might Have Just Stumbled Upon an Adorable New Octopus SpeciesAt 440 Million Years Old, This Fungus Is The Earliest Land-Based Life Ever Found

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