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A Lyrid meteor as seen from Oregon in 2012

Look Up Tonight As the Lyrid Meteor Shower Hits Its Peak

Look to the northeast tonight to catch the peak of the annual meteor shower

Supporters gather at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday to commemorate the victims of last year's bombings.

For the First Time in Nearly 30 Years an American Won the Boston Marathon

Meb Keflezighi's win at the Boston Marathon is first American victory since Lisa Widenbach's in 1985

An Avalanche on Mount Everest Made This the Deadliest Day in the Mountain’s History

With at least 12 dead, today is worse than the day in 1996 when eight people were killed in a storm

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

How Gabriel Garcia Marquez Became a Writer

Marquez attributed his writing to drawing as a child…and Franz Kafka

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Missouri Wants to Use Military-Grade Sound Cannons to Slow Drivers Down

The LRAD sound cannon has been used to subdue protests, deter pirates and, now, slow down speeding drivers.

5 Great Historical Myths And Traditions About Hot Cross Buns, a Pre-Easter Pastry

From solidifying friendships to driving evil spirits away, legends abound about these sweet dough balls

Students at a school in Nigeria.

A Militant Group Is Fighting to Keep Nigerian Students From Education

Islamic extremists from the group Boko Haram have kidnapped 200 girls from a boarding school

Marijuana Grow Ops Are Drying Out California's Water Supply

Illegal marijuana grow ops use thousands of gallons of water a day

Sequential shots showing a 2010 lunar eclipse.

In the Western Hemisphere? Get Set for Tonight's Total Lunar Eclipse

Tonight's eclipse is the first of a rare spurt of lunar eclipses for the western hemisphere

The stolen diamond looked nothing like these

This May Have Been the Worst Diamond Heist in History

An Albuquerque museum was robbed of a diamond that was returned the next day

Organic chicken feed.

Walmart's About to Do for Organic Food What It Did for Every Other Consumer Product

Walmart's going to give organic food a big push

Detroit Institute of Arts

Bidders Are Clamoring for Detroit’s Artwork, But the City Isn’t Selling

As the bankruptcy fight rages on, Detroit’s artworks are still objects of interest

Troops in Crimea.

U.N.: Kidnappings, Torture, Propaganda Preceded Crimea's Secession Vote

The conditions around Crimea's secession vote were not clean, says a draft U.N. report

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French Workers Don't Have It As Easy As Brits Want to Believe

New rules allow some workers time off, but don't demand anybody turn off their phones when they go home

The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide as reconstructed for the past 800,000 years.

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Is Now at Its Highest Point in Human Existence

The air hasn't been so full of carbon dioxide in, at least, the past 800,000 years

Columbian Mammoth

When Evolution's Controversial, Declaring a State Fossil Can Get Tricky

The Columbian Mammoth gets caught in the crossfire of the culture wars

George W. Bush's self portrait.

How to Get a Solo Show as an Amateur Artist: First, Serve Two Terms As President...

President George W. Bush's portraits of world leaders appear to be copied off photos available on the internet

Microsoft Is Killing XP, But 75 Percent of ATMs Still Use It

420,000 ATMs are about to become easy targets for hackers

Rwanda Has Become a Poster Child for Health Equity

Life expectancy has doubled, and child vaccinations rates are higher than they are in the U.S.

Anti-government protests in Maidan Square, Kiev, earlier in the year.

After Crimea, Donetsk May Be the Next Region to Leave Ukraine

Pro-Russian protesters took control of government buildings in three Ukrainian provinces over the weekend

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