Desulforudis audaxviator is a bacterium that may hold clues to life on other planets (as well as early life on our own)
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Panda triplets say Happy Chinese New Year with dumplings

Honestly, we just really love panda videos


Who wears the “pants” in this country? Nunavut!

Rare rock formation from Baffin Island blows minds of geologists and the internet alike


Pheasant Island continues its 350-year switcheroo

Shared by Spain and France, it switches nations every six months thanks to the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees


The world’s deadliest cat is ready for a cuddle

You’d never know by looking at one, but the black-footed cat of Africa is the most successful hunter of all felines


The Michigan meteor has arrived!

A brilliant flash of light thrills and shocks people around the city of Detroit