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The ultimate holiday treat
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Thanks to medical innovations and research breakthroughs, living past your 100th birthday will one day not be such a big deal
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Scientists determine it was lack of water, not food, that was responsible for sudden aspen decline
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A new exhibition covers the history of mail in the military
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Movies every fan should have
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Most expand their culinary horizons as they get older, but a few people hold fast to limited diets of familiar things like macaroni and cheese
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If any dinosaur has a tortured history, it's the giant predator Saurophaganax
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A chess set, soccer ball, bear spray and other items, even dog food, make the list of gifts to give your favorite hardened traveler
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Scientists predicted that Comet Lovejoy would collide with the Sun
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Radebaugh's vision of a road-creating machine may not have been a figment of just his imagination- a Disney-produced television program had a similar idea
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At the height of the sailing era, four of the world's fastest clippers raced home with the season's precious early cargo of tea
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Should Nedoceratops and Torosaurus be sunk into Triceratops? The debate continues, and it's not just a bit of paleontological arcana
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Innovation happens so fast now that it's harder and harder to keep up with the pace. But is it really innovation?
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Movies that question your beliefs, from Steve Martin to Bengalese film to a nostalgic look at the old West
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This week, see Happy Feet Two in 3D, meet a children's author, and enjoy an acoustic performance by a local indie frontman
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Food, jewelry, toys and books for those hard-to-shop-for people on your gift list
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Just one more reason it's not nice to pull the appendages off of creepy crawlies
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The famed comic book character, now a Steven Spielberg-Peter Jackson film, is a nifty way to know the Belgian capital
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The new skating rink at the National Zoo is a high-tech innovation made of recycled acrylic
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From guarding cars to stomping around New Jersey, dinosaurs have been prominent in this week's headlines
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