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Born in desperation and long mocked, the social media platform has become a popular research and intelligence-gathering tool
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Meaningful purchases trump frenetic shopping and closets bulging with new clothes
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A $1,000 scholarship beckons, if you can display your gaming prowess
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A working-class Londoner operated the most exclusive gambling club the world has ever seen
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After decades of uncertainty, a new study confirms that both polar ice sheets are melting
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Being narcissistic also tends to make you more physically attractive
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Were these Late Cretaceous dinosaurs just the culmination of an evolutionary trend towards ever-larger body size or was something else at work?
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Explore a continent's long history with the stars, hear the vocal stylings of Karima Skalli and watch another classic in a series of film screenings
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Daydreaming of food is a tradition as old as the saga of man versus wild. What would you wish to eat if you were starving in a tent or a dinghy at sea?
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The Panamanian performer catches up with Joann Stevens before his Nov. 30 concert at the Kennedy Center
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In response to a changing economy and demographic shift toward urban areas, the deserted homes of Schlitz, PBR and other beers are being repurposed
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Follow along as we award the best innovators of the year
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Never trust a robot co-worker
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In a new book, 75 artists illustrate questions scientists haven't fully answered yet
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Was the early bird Archaeopteryx more of a glider than a flier?
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Conservationists and divers alike are on edge over a mysterious disease sweeping through coral reefs in Kauai
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Scientists argue that grasping hands and feet, good vision and other primate adaptations emerged because the mammals plucked fruits from the ends of tree branches
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Artist Everett Raymond Kinstler's portrait of the legendary performer Christopher Plummer joins the collection as Kinstler is honored in New York City
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The newly discovered quasar spews an amount of energy equivalent to more than two million suns
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The Gallery marks the occasion with an "explosion event," lectures, performances and more
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