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A look at Japan’s attempt to call itself “cool”
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Artist Guillermo Bert is weaving together technology and Native American tradition
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A top training academy works double time to meet skyrocketing demand for canines who can sniff out danger
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This NASA-funded project could head into orbit within just a few years
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As Houston undergoes an ethnic and cultural transformation, its reputation grows as a place where people can dream big and succeed
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A new exhibition at the American Art Museum show photography's role in the development of democracy in America
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NASA and NOAA release satellite images of Earth and all its vegetation
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The maps include data on birds, mammals and amphibians, but not reptiles or fish since not enough is known about those organisms' distribution
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Ion engines, solar sails, antimatter rockets, nuclear fusion--several current and future technologies could someday help us fuel an interstellar journey
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Trapped in the trees, radiation from Chernobyl could be re-released with a forest fire
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Pinpointing exactly why we yawn is a tough task, but the latest research suggests that our sleepy sighs help to regulate the temperature of our brains
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Research suggests that the more opportunities you have to connect with different people--and fresh ideas--the more creative and productive you tend to be
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The development of the baseball, from shoe rubber and lemon peels to today's minimalist, modernist object
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How are we going to feed them all?
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Most fires appear to be burning in palm oil plantations and land overseen by paper pulp companies, which are owned by Singaporean and Malaysian families
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Check out today's events at the Folklife Festival, including Hungarian cooking, fashion as politics and Andean music
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Polish archaeologist Milosz Giersz was terrified that looters would make their way to the site, so he and his colleagues excavated the site in secrecy
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Houston photographer Deborah Bay captures the violent power of projectiles lodged in bulletproof plexiglass
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