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Be a fly in the soup at the dinner table with two of America’s most iconic food writers
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A 2006 drought pushed Syrian farmers to migrate to urban centers, setting the stage for massive uprisings
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Among the new technology geared to preventive health care is an app that tracks your social behavior and has been described as a human "check engine" light
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Which countries are leading the way in transitioning away from fossil fuels?
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Such as, storms can make your head hurt. And we should expect more turbulence on transatlantic flights
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Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Kids may know their way around a computer, but in order to get a job in the new economy, they will have to know how to write a program, not just use one
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Two years after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi, can the nuclear renaissance regain its momentum?
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What will it take for automakers to deliver a fleet of fuel-sippers?
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An experimental new technology captures more than 99 percent of the carbon dioxide from burning coal
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In a new book, Michael Levi argues that betting on a single energy path will only lead to failure
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In a world hungry for power, a new wealth of innovation hopes to keep the engine of industry running for the foreseeable future
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By analyzing every tiny facial gesture, voice inflection or even how quickly we tap out a text message, devices are getting good at reading our emotions
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The early Greeks and Renaissance artists had birds on their brains
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Some scientists think we'll be able to define great art by analyzing our brains when we see or hear it. Critics say don't hold your breath
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On the landmark species-saving law’s 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn’t work and offers a path toward recovery
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One of the founding father's more quixotic quests was to create a new alphabet. No Q included
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A new geographic analysis of millions of tweets provides a remarkably broad view of humanity, by language, location and other factors
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Among then: They answer a lot of questions and their spit is good for us
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New studies on rats show that being a mom does more than change her body, it may maximize her brainpower too
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They're mining it and selling it. But don't worry, it's all anonymous. Maybe
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