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Why was the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria so deadly?

The Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria was so deadly because the region sits on a boundary between multiple tectonic plates, while soil and building conditions make strong earthquakes more likely to cause damage.

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Physicists want to use gravitational waves to 'see' the beginning of time

Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space. Waves that originated in the early universe could carry important information about the phenomena that occurred there.

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Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal

Researchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered.

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Orca males are burnouts who let their moms do all the hunting, surprising study finds

Mama orcas are forgoing having more young and instead dote on their existing sons.

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