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Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense rules we experience every day, where water pours, syrup sticks and coffee ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This movie captured by NASA'S Cassini spacecraft shows a south polar vortex, or shows a south polar vortex, or a ...

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Three cooperative birds and a model bird head helped scientists figure out what flamingos are actually doing when they stick their heads upside down underwater. By Rachel Nuwer If you’ve ever really ...

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