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This weekend, learn about commercial space travel, celebrate Chile's Native heritage, and examine the meaning of color with an expert
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Flannery O'Connor, chronicler of the American South, knows what real lady when she sees one
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Notorious for a career-ending scandal, the comedian deserves to be remembered for his work in movies
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A forward-looking lesson plan predicted that "computers will soon play as significant and universal a role in schools as books do today"
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The collected remains seem to represent an approximately 18-foot-long predator in a lower weight class than the giants living in the same environment
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A new discovery sheds light on a three-million-year-old shark bite
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You may have noticed that our ancestors are increasingly called hominins, which is the result of researchers revising how they classify primates
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Male nursery web spiders aren't necessarily punished for giving false gifts
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There has probably never been a better time to take up home brewing; supplies and information are readily available at bricks-and-mortar stores and online
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The new movie by Emilio Estevez and featuring his dad, Martin Sheen, is a stunning depiction of famed religious pilgrimage
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What is it about Roman concrete that keeps the Pantheon and the Colosseum still standing?
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Take a tour of the idyllic sites across the many islands where native Hawaiians have longstanding spiritual connections
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When the Post Office debuted the ZIP Code, they introduced a friendly cartoon to be its lead salesman
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Amid the vast literature of the Civil War, it's easy to lose sight of some of the stranger facts, coincidences and quirks of character
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Five drunk young men—the first visibly intoxicated men I think I've seen in Turkey—began dancing in the highway to Turkish music from the car’s radio
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A trip to Texas shows the unexpected consequences of a severe drought
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The subtleties of preparation, the exact timing of when to add water and for how long it should lie before being served are the subject of fierce debate
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Volker Sattel's haunting film "Under Control" takes the viewer behind the scenes for a stylized look at day-to-day operations at nuclear power plants
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According to a recent study, the cause of Australia's "Dinosaur Stampede" may have been more comedic than nightmarish
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