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Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, and his companion ships Pinta and the Nina approaching land. Undated Woodcut.

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Wreckage of Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria Found off Haitian Coast (Maybe)

The Santa Maria ran aground off Haiti in 1492

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How to Make Hitchhiking Safe Again

A new system of background checks could make catching a ride safer and easier

The new Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, is to be built on roughly the same platform as the Curiosity rover.

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NASA's Going to Mars in 2020 And Wants to Bring Back Martian Rocks

The next NASA Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, may be the first step in a sample return mission

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Kids And Young Adults Don't Read Books for Fun — They've Got Smartphones

Three times as many kids as in the 1980s just don't read books

This is one of the oldest living trees in the world

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Is This the Oldest Living Tree?

This Norway Spruce in Sweden has roots that are over 9,000 years old

A female German fighter rests after competing in the first World International Medieval Combat Championship.

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The World Championships in Medieval Combat

Steps from a 15th century Spanish castle, combatants took to arms

A war disbled man, who lost both of his arms in World War I, learns to hold knife and fork with his prostheses.

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The "Star Wars" Prosthetic Arm Was Approved for Sale in the U.S.

The advanced prosthetic reads muscle contractions and turns them into motion

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When We're Threatened, We Try to Show What Good People We Are

Outside observers, however, tend to see through flimsy claims of innocence

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In an Emergency, We Act Like Ants

Like many animals, we tend to clump together when danger presents itself

Thermal image of window mounted AC units in an apartment building.

New Research

This Is How Much Hotter Nights in Phoenix Are Because of A/C

Waste heat from air conditioners causes a significant amount of warming outside

Protesters in front of the Nigerian Embassy in London.

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Boko Haram Video Says What the Group Wants in Exchange for Freeing Abducted Girls

If let go, they have a good chance of being able to recover emotionally

Berlin Children Cheering Airlift Plane

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65 Years Ago Today, the Soviet Blockade of Berlin Ended

The first real showdown between the Soviet Union and the West ended 65 years ago today

Gino Bartali

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This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives

The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000

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We’re Drinking Whiskey Faster Than Distillers Can Make More

Whiskey supplies are running low

A small ivory statuette previously found in a different tomb in Hierakonpolis. The Daily Mail has photos of objects found at the new site.

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Archaeologists Just Found a 5,600-Year-Old Pre-Dynastic Egyptian Tomb

This newly discovered Egyptian tomb is even older than hierogylphs

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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies

Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters

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Last Call For Metro-North’s Bar Car!

The last bar cars left in America ride the rails for the last time tonight

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Why Don’t Chimpanzees Have Long, Luscious Locks?

Why doesn't animal fur grow like human hair?

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Someone Had to Build the Terracotta Army—Archaeologists Just Found Their Humbler Grave Sites

Forty-five grave sites were found only kilometers from the emperor's tomb

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One More Way Cities Might Mess With Birds—By Throwing Radio Waves at Them

Radio waves disrupt birds' migratory patterns, but birds may have a natural work-around

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