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Mysterious whale deaths in Alaska have scientists racing for answers

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In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, solar panels that are part of the Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association's community gardens are shown in Rockford, Minn. Community solar gardens are a new concept in renewable energy, allowing customers who cannot put up solar panels to buy into the green energy boom anyway. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (AP)

Researchers use solar power to make carbon fiber out of thin air

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A farmer sprays pesticide containing monocrotophos at Mohanpur village, about 28 miles west of Agartala, the capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, July 25, 2013. (Reuters/Jayanta Dey)

Monsanto has a new pesticide that manipulates genes. What could go wrong?

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Mammoth reproductions in the visitors' center Ark Nebra in Nebra, Germany, March 29, 2012. (AP/Jens Meyer)

The Megafauna Massacre: Humans responsible for the extinction of ancient species

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The big loser in last night’s GOP debates: Our warming planet

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Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush (Reuters/AP/Sara Stathas/Kevin Lamarque/Stephan Savoia/David Manning)

Republicans’ terrifying climate denial: Tonight’s debate will showcase the GOP at its anti-science worst

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