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From a reported 270,000 sharks fished daily to 106,000 cans of soda consumed every 30 seconds, brain-boggling measures of human consumption have been made visual--just in time for Earth Day.

April 17, 2009
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See the last days of a California tent city, Japanese courtesans on parade, an artist with a third "ear" on his arm, and more in our editor's picks of the week's best news pictures.

April 16, 2009
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Antarctica's gushing, rust-stained Blood Falls contains evidence that microbes have survived deep under ice for perhaps millions of years, a new study says.

April 16, 2009
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In the same Chilean town where 1,500 penguins had washed up a week and a half ago, thousands of dead sardines mysteriously tuned up on beaches. Video.

April 16, 2009
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Tropical seas sometimes blaze with the luminous green love rituals of the marine fireworm. Now scientists have been set atwitter by the industrial applications of the luminescence—and the quirky habits of the seafloor-dwelling animals that produce it.

April 15, 2009
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Doctors found a nearly two-inch (five-centimeter) fir tree growing inside a man's lung when they operated for a suspected tumor, Russian media are reporting. Video.

April 15, 2009
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On weekends a Colombian schoolteacher straps book bags to a donkey he calls a biblioburro and travels into the countryside to lend books to eager young readers. Video.

April 14, 2009
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More than 70,000 beads of a surprising variety of materials, colors, and shapes have been dug out of an island along a 17th-century Spanish trade route, offering a new view of the reach of the Spanish Empire.

April 10, 2009
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In a tomb like no other, the 1,500-year-old "Lord of Ucupe" has been found with 19 golden headdresses and other treasures that shed light on the little-known Moche Indians.

April 10, 2009
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Have a look at a turtle with a prosthetic flipper, a sun blessing that only happens once every 28 years, and an alarming child-like robot in this week's selection of the best news photographs.

April 9, 2009
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Despite being banned in India, cockfighting continues at an annual Hindu festival. "According to tradition, once the festival is over, there should be blood stains on the festival ground," one participant said. Video.

April 09, 2009
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An acoustics engineer in the U.K. claims he's got a key tool in decoding the language of dolphins. He's invented a device that visualizes dolphin sounds, but skeptics have their doubts. Video.

April 8, 2009
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Isn't it amazing what some people will do to get attention? Pancake stacks, pond skimming, and competitive yoga all make an appearance in this round-up of some of the weirdest competitions held so far this year.

April 8, 2009
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Wild male chimps that share their monkey meat with females double their chances of having sex with those females, a new study says.

April 7, 2009
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Puppy skeletons in pots and dogs found buried in house foundations are shedding light on mysterious pagan customs not found in written records from the era, researchers say.

April 6, 2009

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