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The World’s Oldest Wild Bear Is Showing Her Age

She's 39 and a half, and she's the oldest wild bear in the world

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Now You Can Control Video Games With Your Thoughts Alone

Thinking of blinking sends the paddle sailing in this brain-controlled version of PONG

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A Sign For the Times: Digital Wayfinding Adapts to Your Needs

Design agency BREAKFAST is creating the street sign of the future

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The Olympic Torch Is Going to Space

For the 2014 games, Russia is sending the Olympic torch to space

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Smithsonian Creates America’s Family Photo Album, Featuring You

Help create the ultimate album with your own memories and photographs from visiting the museums

A horticulturist from the Natural History Museum will give a tour of the Butterfly Garden and provide tips on how to attract butterflies to your own backyard greenery.

Events June 25-27: Electrical Inventions, Revolutionary Knowledge and Butterfly Gardens

This weekend, take a glimpse into Nikola Tesla's life, sharpen your knowledge on revolutionary figures and tour the Butterfly Garden

Chelsea Flower Show

Top 10 Annual Events in London

Time your trip to one of these spectacular goings on—from Trooping the Colour to the Chelsea Flower Show

Macy's Great American Marching Band at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Top 10 Annual Events in New York City

From SummerStage to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, here are 10 good reasons to visit the city

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Photos of the Supermoon from Around the World

Take a look at these beautiful snapshots captured as the supermoon rose around the globe this past weekend

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Behind the Scenes, Birds of a Feather, Studied Together

From early studies from Audobon to gifts from Ethiopian kings, the specimens in this collection each have a story

Who do you think is the bigger threat in this picture?

A Turn in the Tide for Sharks and Their Public Image

Nearly 40 years after Jaws gave sharks a bad rap, the fish are the ones that need saving, not the beachgoers

Hairy Stockings and Other Pervert-Deterring Fashion Accessories

Most conversations gloss over the root of these creative accessories: sexual harassment

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Plan a Psychedelic Wedding with Glowing Dresses Made from Material from Engineered Silkworm

Researchers say they see potential for the glowing silk to be used for some medical technologies, too

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The Periodic Table of Elemental Discoveries

A periodic table showing which countries are associated with which elemental discoveries

A Supermoon in 2009 rises below the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Get Set for Saturday’s Supermoon

This Saturday's Supermoon will be the most Supermoon-y Supermoon of the year

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Clapping is Contagious

The majority of clapping has to do with the audience around you, not how much you enjoyed the show

For Immediate In-the-Moment Happiness, Head Outdoors

Study participants were significantly and substantially happier when they were outside surrounded by green or in a natural habitat

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This Incredible Art Installation Makes It Rain, Everywhere But On You

"Rain Room," on display at MoMA, is an indoor downpour that detects the presence of people and adjusts to keep them dry

Legendary skateboarders Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen will be at the National Museum of American History this weekend for Innoskate, a skateboarding innovation festival.

4 Tips for Inventing the Next Great Skateboarding Trick, Courtesy of Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen

The skateboarding legends will be at the American History Museum this weekend to talk about innovation in their sport

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These People Want to Replace Fruit Stickers With Laser Etched Tattoos

One company is trying to solve the sticker problem by actually laser etching logos onto fruit

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