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An Emoji Death Threat Is Still a Death Threat
Death threats are illegal. Even if they come in the form of emoji.
Some People Are Terrified of Chewing Sounds
When you chew loudly, cough or clip your nails, you might be causing another person to bubble with rage
Could a Computer Ever Learn to Identify Death?
Identify signs of life in a human might still be beyond a computer’s grasp
This One Site in Texas Will Get Most of America's Low-Level Nuclear Waste
As America's nuclear plants run out their lives, decommissioning waste will be headed to Texas
Virgin Galactic Started Selling Tickets to Space Before Getting Permission to Take People There
The private spaceflight company is missing a crucial FAA permit
One Italian Director Animated These Old Masterpieces With New Technology
We can't decide if these moving paintings are cool or totally creepy
How Much Do You Actually Know About What You're Putting in Your Mouth?
A little background in food science can turn you into a next-level foodie
This Is How Giant Animal Statues Get Made
Who do you go to when you need a giant crocodile statue? This guy
The Short History of the Invention of Writing
Writing was invented, but by whom?
Conservationist Are Resorting to Branding Endangered Tortoises
If the tortoises' shells are marred with numbers and letters, they'll be less appealing to poachers
Fresh From 1849: The First Animated Gif of the Moon
A series of exposures shows the oldest surviving photo of the Moon
Archaeologists in Egypt Just Unearthed a Previously Unknown Pharaoh's Tomb
Ancient Egypt's King Senebkay just arose after a 3,650 year slumber
It’s Ben Franklin’s Birthday—Want to Rummage Through His Papers?
4,522 documents, letters and notes that Franklin wrote or received
Not All the Knights of the Round Table Were White
The storytellers assumed we’d be sharp enough to pick up on their hints that Sir Morien was black. Turns out, we’re not
Icelanders Protest a Road That Would Disturb Fairies
Nepal has the Yeti. The South has Bigfoot. Iceland has fairies
How Scientists Recorded the Music Inside One Woman's Head
A patient was hallucinating musical scores, and researchers have managed to record it
What Prompts People to Eat Human Flesh?
Power, violence, revenge—and the heat of the moment
Archaeologists Chart the First Great Wall of China
Hundreds of years before the Great Wall, the Qi Dynasty built a wall of rammed earth
China And Qatar Want Flight Attendants To Be Young, Single, Skinny And Female
Just like American airlines did in the 1960s
A Permit to Hunt a Critically Endangered Black Rhino Just Sold for $350,000
Proceeds will supposedly go toward conservation of the species
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