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Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill uses ink to draw out the growth rings of a variety of tree species
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Restauranteurs across the nation are feeding a new trend by feeding hot sauce into whiskey oak barrels
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Our pop culture curator Amy Henderson strolls the halls of the Old Patent Building imagining the scene of Lincoln's 1865 inaugural ball
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A woebegone tribute to the ending of an era
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A new method based on DNA forensics can tell us about the appearances of those who lived long ago
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Last summer, a study found that long-term cannabis use reduced cognitive skills. A new study seems to say the opposite
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Living paycheck to paycheck in the techno-utopian future
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Filmmaker Bryan Hurt explores what makes soul food so personal, starting with his own father's health struggle, in a PBS film premiering tonight
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Nearly 7 million North American birds - including 13 threatened species - lose their lives through tower collisions each year
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Without pubic hair, people are that much safer from pubic lice
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This week, learn why the Higgs Boson particle matters, see a huge portrait of President Obama, discover modern origami and stand in DC's most opulent room
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Drought, heatwaves, cyclones--even a tornado in Hawaii--mark last year as one filled with record-breaking severe weather
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The Fisher Space Pen has been made famous by Apollo astronauts and Jerry Seinfeld. But just how does it work? And is NASA really spend millions making it?
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A new approach to detecting lung infections could be faster and less invasive
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MIT scientists have created thin polymer sheets that expand and contract when in contact with water, lifting several times their weight
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How does the Scoville Scale rate the relative spiciness of a chili pepper?
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A clever artist uses a scalpel and tweezers to cut beautiful bird silhouettes out of feathers
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Decades before the debut of the Consumer Electronics Show, early adopters flocked to extravagant high-tech fairs in New York and Chicago
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From tropical mountains, we descended into a landscape of flailing-armed cacti, spiny succulents like giant artichokes and sand dunes as high as mountains
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