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The Hubble Space Telescope wouldn't work without Jill McGuire. That's because she and her team help build the tools that keep it running. She talks to Jorge Ribas about her cool job.
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The Mekong region in Southeast Asia is home to more than a thousand new plant and animal species, says the World Wildlife Fund. But challenges are ahead in balancing conservation and growth. Jorge Ribas reports.
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The fastest trains ever built are turning hour-long, traffic-jammed commutes into futuristic joyrides. So when can we expect a maglev train here in the United States? Jorge Ribas finds out.
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NASA's Spitzer Telescope discovered evidence that a high-speed collision between two planets happened thousands of years ago. Scientists think this type of collision is how planets, like the Earth, are formed.
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Did you just eat lunch and now you're ready for a nap? Wonder why that happens? Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out.
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NASA just smashed the LCROSS and spent Centaur rocket into the moon in a search for water on the lunar surface. Even better - the impact was captured on video! Did it live up to the hype? James WIlliams takes a look.
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Are Freemasons really as mysterious as some popular culture would have us believe? Discovery News' James Williams sits down with a member to find out.
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Is the pyramid on the dollar bill REALLY a Masonic symbol? What's the deal with all their rituals? Discovery News' James Williams sits down with a member to find out.
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Attempts to fertilize eggs of a rare female sturgeon caught in the Chesapeake Bay last year proved unsuccessful. Now researchers aim to use that experience in future efforts. Jorge Ribas follows up.
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Surfing huge waves can be deadly - and exhilarating. Same goes for the wipe outs. One of the sport's most extreme surfers talks James Williams through the experience.Discovery News satisfies your science curiosity with the latest videos on technology, animals, space, archaeology, dinosaurs, history and earth.
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