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One of Canada's Biggest Cities Just Officially Admitted That It Was Built on Unceded Aboriginal Territory
Vancouver city council decided that the land still belongs to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people
5 Diseases You Can Get From Being Bitten—By A Human
As Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suárez demonstrated yesterday, sometimes people bite others. Here are five diseases you can get from human chomps.
Big Antennas from the 1940s Are, Legally, the Same As Teeny Tiny Antennas in the 2010s
The fate of TV service start-up Aereo mirrors that of early cable companies
The Curiosity Rover Just Turned One Martian Year Old
Mars years are longer than Earth years
Since 1900, There Have Been Six Earthquakes Greater Than Magnitude 8 in Alaska
Alaska is no stranger to huge earthquakes
Drones Are Now Banned From All National Parks
Drones are now prohibited in all national parks, not just Yosemite
Half the Natural Gas Extracted in America Now Comes from Shale
Shale gas is growing in importance faster than anyone expected
The Federal Government Now Has an Official Save-the-Bees Task Force
Unfortunately, it's not a task force made of bees, but it does have bee welfare in mind
Arizona Could Be Out of Water in Six Years
Prolonged drought and a rapidly expanding population are pushing Arizona's water system to its limit
“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business
What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?
The Jihadists That Just Attacked Iraq's Oil Fields May Already Have More Than $2 Billion in Assets
ISIS is an incredibly well-financed terrorist organization
Redskins' Trademark Cancelled by U.S. Patent Office and This Time, It May Hold up in Court
The agency ruled against the NFL team, saying the name was "disparaging to Native Americans," but an appeal is likely in the offing
Londoners Are Fighting Back Against "Hostile Architecture"
From spikes in the ground to benches designed to be uncomfortable, hostile architecture is pushing already fringe groups further away from the public eye
President Obama Could Create the World's Largest Marine Sanctuary
The protected zone would make a large area in the Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing and other environmentally harmful human activities
Double Tornadoes Aren't Particularly Rare, But Yesterday's Was Remarkable
Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you'd think
When Did We Start Calling ‘Football’ ‘Soccer’?
"Soccer" isn't an Americanism at all—it's a British word
At Least 47,000 Children Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since October
And tens of thousands more are expected to cross before the year's out
In Egypt, 99 Percent of Women Have Been Sexually Harassed
The government recently moved to criminalize sexual harassment
George H.W. Bush Celebrated His 90th Birthday by Jumping Out of a Helicopter
At 90, Bush is still a decade short of being the world's oldest skydiver
Chile Sides With Environmentalists and Communities, Rejects $8 Billion Dam Proposal
Environmentalists are calling the decision "a land-mark"
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