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GM Purple Tomatoes Could Actually Be Good for You

These tomatoes are stuffed with anthocyanins (but they're not the only source of the healthy pigment)

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Russia's Getting Strict About Doping at Sochi

There will almost certainly be those who get away with it, but you can’t say the Russians aren’t trying

Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter announced yesterday that the National College Players Association would attempt to unionize.

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College Football Players Push to Unionize for Medical Benefits

Are college athletes students or employees?

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Humans Are Naturally Inclined to Believe We’re Immortal

Even children who live in a culture with no beliefs about existence before birth have a concept of "pre-life"

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Climate Change Is Already Causing Mass Human Migration

When temperatures are high, Pakistani men are 11 times more likely to move out of town

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A Surprising Number of College Students Struggle to Find Enough Food

Food insecurity, a problem normally associated with poverty, also plagues college campuses

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The Sun Is Spraying Water Into Space

When the solar wind hits oxygen-rich rocks, water can form

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Try to Smuggle an Illegal Elephant Tusk Out of Kenya, Pay a $230,000 Fine

For the first time, Kenya exercised its new, stricter punishments for wildlife trafficking crimes

Kitty wants a snack.

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That Time Cats Attacked a NYC Butcher Shop

Cats are clearly untrustworthy creatures. Everybody knows that. But lest you forget, here’s a historical horror story.

What do roses smell like?

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English Speakers Are Bad at Identifying and Describing Smells

But is this a problem with our noses, or with English?

The USS Pueblo.

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The Time the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Highjacked Spy Ship

The Pueblo incident ended peacefully, but newly unclassified documents detail President Johnson's contingency plans

A curious, rare snow leopard checks out the researchers' camera trap.

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The Elusive Snow Leopard, Caught in a Camera Trap

Researchers managed to capture images of notoriously elusive snow leopards in Pakistan

Pigeon paté most likely resembles the common chicken-based version

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Amsterdam Is Feasting on Pigeon Paté

Street birds, not farm-raised squab, are rumored to be the meat of this tasty spread

Pete Seeger in concert in February, 1986.

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Spend the Morning With Pete Seeger's Voice

“A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think," Seeger once said

Researchers recreated what the 7,000 year-old man likely looked like.

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Just Call This Hunter-Gatherer Ol' Blue-Eyes

DNA from an ancient human tooth found in a cave in Spain reveals one European hunter-gatherer's complexion

China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover, or Chang'e 3

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China’s Lunar Rover Just Melodramatically Announced Its Impending Demise

A mechanical failure could mean the end of China's Jade Rabbit

A rare atmospheric anomaly in December filled the Grand Canyon with fog.

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The Grand Canyon Is Young And Old, All at the Same Time

Geologically, the Grand Canyon is a baby, but you might say it has an old soul

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Look Closely at This Picture of John Glenn

The reflected faces of NASA staff appear in John Glenn's spacesuit

The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way.

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Stephen Hawking Thinks Black Holes Don’t Exist

And he's been trying to tell the rest of us for a decade

Definitely sinning right now.

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How Medieval People Decided Whether Sex Was Acceptable or Not

Spoiler alert: your sex is definitely Medievally sinful

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