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It is now nearly invisible in word-processing programs, but it was one of the most elaborate of manuscript ornaments
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The Pentland Firth, a seaway along Scotland's Northern coast, could generate enough electricity to meet half of the country's needs, new research finds
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While 9 out of 10 people in the survey say they want to act against corruption, many also reported that they had to pay bribes to get simple services
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82 million years ago hepatitis B infected birds
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There are four mines still turning out ore near the Grand Canyon
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Crayola is the master of colors. Sort of. In fact, what they're actually the master of is color naming, and renaming
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If you're at a bar and somebody starts a fight, what do you do? Root them on? Step in? Join the fight?
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Google won't be changing anything in response to the video, but they do say they're talking to lawmakers about the implications of recording everything
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This week, unlock your inner poet, make DIY garden-themed craft art and drink craft beer and sway to the beat of West African music and storytelling
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An invention called the solarclave could help prevent millions of annual infections that result from improperly cleaned medical equipment
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We sent the Director of the American Indian Museum to the Lone Ranger; here's what he thought
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A window speckled with little holes will let the air through, but not the sound
The morphing of a butterfly into a caterpillar has fascinated humans since we discovered the curious strategy
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Cut off for maybe as much as 15 million years, Antarctica's Lake Vostok seems to be full of life
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Finding prostitutes in the Union-occupied city was no problem, but expelling them was
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The first recruit to the Women in the Air Force (known as WAF) was Esther Blake who enlisted on the first day it was even possible for women to do so
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Who knows, perhaps if HAL had been a lady, we'd all be scared of disembodied female voices and Siri would be a man's voice
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Harvey Girls helped settle the west and advance the stature of women in the workforce
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Educating Americans for the 21st Century
How a new trend in education rethinks the role of computers in the classroom and lets each student learn at a different pace
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Check out today's events at the Folklife Festival, including dapper dressing, Welsh songs and Hungarian flavors
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