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Somehow, the brain is greater than the sum of its parts
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New research finds that "man's best friend" could be lifesavers for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Behind the scenes there will be a high-tech, high-stakes competition between Olympic athletes who use banned substances and drug testers out to catch them
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As technology advances, so will access to ingenious—and troubling—new techniques
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On the outer boundaries of the Arctic Circle lies a massive construction project funded by Facebook: the future home of thousands of server farms
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Lured by the soaring price of the precious metal, prospectors are heading for the California hills like it's 1849 all over again
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As her controversial new memoir will show, the leader of the U.S. women’s soccer team has always defended her turf
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Objects from Muhammad Ali's headgear to Nat Turner's Bible sit in a holding facility in Maryland, ready to be put on display
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The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
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Lal White was forgotten by many, even residents of his small English factory town, but the whimsical Cycle Song hopes to change that
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In a new alternative history, The Great Emancipator lives to fight a second civil war
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New songs by the American folk legend keep turning up, a century after his birth
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The Grammy winner celebrates her 88th birthday with a new album that reflects her lifelong love of kids' music
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