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NASA’s Captured the Intricate Beauty of the Dark Side of the Moon in One Short Video
Watch this time lapse trip all the way around the Moon
How to Catch, Clean And Cook a Squirrel
Two cups of flour, a nice zinfandel, a pinch of sun-dried tomatoes, and 3 chopped squirrels
Google Earth Is Lending a Hand with Land Mine Clearing in Kosovo
Google has teemed with the Halo Trust, a non-profit that works to remove land mines and other unexploded ordinances that often linger after a conflict ends
There’s Evidence Midlife Crises Are Real, But No Good Explanation for Why They Happen
We all know the symptoms: the red sports car, the leather jacket, the journey to "find oneself," the tattoos
How Many Diseases Can a New York City Rat Give You?
In New York City you are never more than six feet away from a rat and its diseases
Liechtenstein Has the Most Skewed Ratio of Baby Boys and Girls in the World Right Now
China has been the focus of much of the attention surrounding sex selection at birth, but recent numbers have shown that it's not a problem unique to Asia
Russia’s “Forest Boy” Says He Spent 16 Years in the Siberian Wilderness
The mysterious man claims to have never attended school, received any vaccinations and to have met only a few people throughout his life
Watch NASA’s Next Mars Orbiter Be Put Together, Piece by Piece
This time lapse video shows the assembly of NASA's next Mars orbiter, MAVEN
Meet the People who Make Your Globes
It turns out the process of making high end globes is both fascinating and beautiful
Watch This Woman Slowly Transform From Toddler to Elderly Woman
The idea behind Danielle, who is based on a real person, is "that something is happening but you can't see it but you can feel it, like aging itself"
Modern Materials Make Houses Burn More Quickly
What used to take half an hour now lasts mere minues
Will Women Ever Overtake Men in Endurance Events?
When it comes to super long distances, women are catching up to men
Here’s What We Thought Earth Would Look Like from Space
Before we actually went to space, we had some ideas about what Earth might look like
233,000 Gallons of Molasses Spilled in Hawaii, Killing Everything
This might sound like the beginning of a cartoon, but it's not. Molasses is bad for wildlife, and the officials are dealing with an environmental disaster
Australia’s New Prime Minister Thinks Climate Science Is “Highly Contentious”
Tony Abbott's Liberal campaign slogan of "Chose real change" may turn out to be unsettlingly on the mark
Valley Fever: The Fungal Spores that Plague Archaeologists
When you spend your time digging in dirt, you get exposed to all sorts of nasty spores
This Is Why Your Converse Sneakers Have Felt on the Bottom
Felt on your sneakers is there not for function, but for economics - shoes with fuzzy soles are taxed less when imported than those with rubber ones
An Assassin’s Bullet Took Three Years to Kill NYC Mayor William Jay Gaynor
Gaynor collapsed and died from a bullet that had been lodged in his throat for three years - put there by an eventually successful assassin
Nobody Knows How to Interpret This Doomsday Stonehenge in Georgia
We know where they are and what they say, but everything else is all hotly debated
Watch As Taxonomists Painstakingly Clean And Assemble a Bat Skeleton
This is basically an Apple commercial for bat preservation
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