As the elders tell it, Raven the Creator had turned Earth from a frozen rock into a green garden. But as a reminder of the ice age, he caused every 10th black bear to be white. The formal name is ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?

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