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The First Anchorman Ever Was Not Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite is widely referred to as the world's first anchorman. But a man named John Cameron Swayze might have beat him to the punch
How Mosquitoes Are Out-Smarting Humans
Mosquitoes have figured us out and have started biting during the daytime
Tree Gangsters Are Killing the Rainforest
Organized criminal syndicates are responsible for most illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 percent of timber traded globally
This Is What Happens When a Black Hole Eats a Black Hole
A super-computer simulation calculates what happens when two black holes merge
Plants Won’t Help Fight Global Warming As Much As We’d Thought
A long-running experiment has found that more carbon dioxide does not necessarily mean more plant growth
For Experts, Cars Really Do Have Faces
A recent study had auto experts look at the fronts of cars, the same area of the brain involved in facial recognition was activated
Fish to Shrink in Warming Waters
Climate change could lead to a sizable drop in fish sizes in coming decades
Fossil Finding Goes High Tech
A new high tech approach to digging in the dirt is helping paleontologists dig smarter: artificial intelligence
The Race for Element 113 Might Be Won
After a nine year experiment, scientists in Japan might have created a third atom of the element that would be 113
DNA Pulled From Maggots’ Guts Used to Identify Deceased Woman
Maggots that resided at the crime scene gave investigators a clue to the deceased's identiy
This Is a Water Droplet Being Sliced in Half
File this under: stuff you didn't know would be really cool but actually is - a water droplet being sliced in half by a superhydrophobic knife
Curiosity Nails It: Mars Used to Have Flowing Water
Scientists report what they suggest is the best evidence yet that water flowed on Mars
Watch Drought Dry Up America’s Groundwater
A drought this year affected large parts of the United States, including a lot of agricultural land
Carved From Meteorite, This Thousand-Year-Old Statue Was Taken From Tibet by the Nazi SS
Crafted from a meteorite fragment, Nazis may have taken this early Tibetan relic because it displayed a swastika
Even Close Subspecies of Migrating Birds Can’t Agree on the Best Route
Scientists in British Columbia attached tiny ‘backpacks’ to birds and mapped their winter migration from Canada to Central America and back again
High School Students Hit a Forty Year Low on the SAT Reading Section
Over 50 percent of test takers scored below the level that would indicate college success, and scores from every racial group but one (Asian) declined
6,500-Year Old Beeswax May Be Oldest Known Dental Filling
From the archives of an Italian museum, researchers may have found the oldest dental filling
Doctors Warned Life Expectancy Could Go Down, And It Did
Some groups of Americans have actually seen their expected lifespans decline
Women Are Still Discriminated Against in Science
A recent study in PNAS suggests that, at least when it comes to science, gender bias is still going strong
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