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Researchers are finding that our behavior may be more hard-wired than we'd like to believe. If so, can we handle the truth?
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The absence of native mammals, aside from bats and pinnipeds, gives the impression that New Zealand is still in the age of dinosaurs
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After stealing $1,500 worth of cooking oil from a Burger King, two men were apprehended siphoning off oil from a Golden Corral
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This has to be the most adorable dinosaur correction I have ever seen
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Being spicy helps a chili plant protect its fruit from fungal rot, but it has a downside in dry conditions
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A father-and-son duo of master Tsimshian carvers create a totem pole for the American Indian Museum
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Why business enemies sometimes become partners
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Scientists have several explanations for why modern humans are the only hominids that have chins
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Dinosaur tracks aren't just scientific curiosities--they have also inspired many legends in China
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Anyone would be a fool to visit the South Island and not see the cliffs and marine scenery of Milford Sound
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Now out on DVD, The Trip, with comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, takes the road movie into the storied English countryside
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Take advantage of this rare chance to see the Quadrantid meteor shower
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Here are more of the terms you should know if you want to feel plugged into innovations changing the way we live this year
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No one had ever tunneled under a major river before Marc Brunel began a shaft below London's river in the 1820s
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#5: Cartoons lie—elephants don't like peanuts
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This week, participate in hands-on science activity, watch a totem pole being made and see live tarantula feedings
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A look at the most popular posts among our readers from the past year
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Why is an image of the Garden of Eden considered art, while an exquisitely detailed depiction of Jurassic life is derided as juvenile junk?
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