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400 gold coins help crack a centuries-old shipwreck mystery Original

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By Laura Baisas Verified
| Popular Science Verified
Gold coins and jewelry recovered from the wreck of the ‘Dom van Keulen.’ Image: British Museum Researchers have officially solved a shipwreck mystery that has plagued historians for nearly 30 years—the identity of a ship discovered off the southern coast of England in 1995. The ship is the ill-fated Dutch trading ship Dom van Keulen, which left Morocco for the Netherlands in the fall of 1633 with a hefty cargo that included more than 9,000 gold coins.
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Grape seeds from Texas are going to space

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By Laura Baisas Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Researchers are interested in potential genetic mutations from exposure to cosmic radiation, but ultimately plan to make wine from those plants. Grape seeds from Texas are being sent to the International Space Station to be exposed to cosmic radiation, potentially leading to genetic mutations that could impact plant growth and wine production.
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Fruit fly sperm is enormous Original

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By Laura Baisas Verified
| Popular Science Verified
Tails take up most of the real estate on a sperm cell. Image: Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images They may have tiny bodies, but fruit flies produce giant sperm. Adult male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies are about two millimeters long (roughly the size of a sesame seed) and their sperm can be just as long, with the sperm tails taking up most of that space.
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