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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine

The British Medical Journal's holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots

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In the Past 40 Years, 105 City Neighborhoods Gentrified; 2,000 Slipped Further Into Poverty

America's Move Toward Concentrated Poverty

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Scientists Finally Figure Out the “Big Bang” of Bird Evolution

The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created

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Backpackers Walk Across a Completely Clear Frozen Lake

A cool video raises the question: Why is most ice cloudy?

Hunters in 1910 pose with their new bear arms

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More Americans Are Pro-Gun Than Pro-Gun Control

Americans prioritize gun rights over gun control for the first time in at least 20 years

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Superbugs Could Become a Top Cause of Death by 2050

If left unchecked, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people than cancer by 2050

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Conserving Tigers Could Hurt Leopards

When one predator returns, another can be displaced

Port Fourchon, a seaport and hub for the petroleum industry on the marshy coast south of New Orleans

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The Plan to Save Louisiana's Coast Is a 'Moon Shot'

The plan involves moving silt from upstream down into the delta—but no one knows if there's actually enough

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By Absorbing Smells From Its Food, This Fish Gets Scent Camouflage

The harlequin filefish is a master of camoufalge

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You've Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These

Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made

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Typhoons Saved 13th Century Japan From Invasion

Geologic evidence supports historic accounts of the great "Kamikaze" of 1274 and 1281

The town of Portelo, in the shadow of the Pico do Fogo volcano, is now all but gone.

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A Volcano on Cape Verde Is Wiping Out Whole Towns

An eruption at the Pico do Fogo volcano has forced 1,200 people to evacuate

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Online Students Give Better Reviews to Professors They Think Are Male

Even if the teachers were actually women, if the students thought they were men, the bias stuck

The Mars Rover Curiosity’s landing site in Gale Crater

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Curiosity Rover’s Mars Crater May Have Cradled Large Lakes

Signs of water on Mars aren’t new, but now scientists think water may have been there for a long time

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TGI Fridays Has Dispatched Mistletoe-Carrying Drones in Restaurants

There's already been one collision between drone and human

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These Adorable Robot Toys Teach Kids How to Code

The two bots using a basic visual language, and they are just one way to introduce children to computer programming

You're not fooling anyone, vegan sausage.

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Most Vegetarians Lapse After Only a Year

The vast majority of vegetarians return to eating meat

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in an "Hour of Code" event with middle-school students including Adrianna Mitchell in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C.

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The First Piece of Code Written by an American President

The President participated in an introductory coding workshop as part of Computer Science Education Week

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Dreams Are Slow-Motion

Lucid dreamers are offering insight into the sleeping mind

Sergeant Tanzanika Carter of the BART police force wears a body camera in San Francisco, CA

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Body Cameras Help Police

An in-depth investigation of five cities using police body cameras highlights what the technology addresses and what it doesn’t

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