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The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
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A new exhibit at the Air and Space Museum reveals how we use time and space to get around every day, from maritime exploration to Google maps
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Imaging technology shows that a reward center known as the nucleus accumbens lights up when we hear melodies we love
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By turning brains clear and applying colored dyes, connections between neuron networks can now be examined in 3D at unprecedented levels of detail
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Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
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They're still a threat to bats and birds and now they even have their own "syndrome". So, are there better ways to capture the wind?
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Using droplets coated in oil as "ink," a 3D printer can construct a network of synthetic cells that mimics brain and fat tissue
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The 1985 film that famously revealed the lives of astronauts in zero gravity returns to the big screen
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Scientists keep learning new things about food, from the diet power of olive oil's aroma to how chewing gum can keep you away from healthy foods
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They're the biggest innovation in higher education in years, but are they a threat to small universities and community colleges?
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Researchers use tiny robots to study how ants navigate a labyrinth of networks, from the nest to the food and back again
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Should sending "Thank you" emails and leaving voice mails now be considered bad manners? Some think texting has made it so
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Scientists retrieved pieces of rocket engines that may have launched the first man to the moon. Will any of them end up at the Air and Space Museum?
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It's a product of the emerging field of terradynamics, which studies the movement of vehicles across shifting surfaces
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The new technology can be packed into a tiny space, requires no glasses and can project images and video in full color
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A division chief and special agent talk about the challenges and rewards of fighting crime across the world
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When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
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A look at the space shuttle toilet and "the deepest, darkest secret about space flight"
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Your publicly available "likes" can tell others a lot you wouldn't expect—including your political views, sexual orientation and religion
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More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind--and body--than we ever could have imagined
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