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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
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Video: A Drone Mates With a Queen Bee in Glorious Slow-Motion
For the new documentary More Than Honey, filmmakers captured the insects mating in midair
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Hear Shakespeare As It Was Meant To Be Heard
Accents change with time, rendering some of Shakespeare’s rhymes obsolete
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The Architectural History of Pepsi-Cola, Part 1: The ‘Mad Men’ Years
In the 1960s, Pepsi rebranded with a new slogan, a new look, and a cutting edge modernist building
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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
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From Cat Food to Sushi Counter: The Strange Rise of the Bluefin Tuna
The fish can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars each. But just 45 years ago, big bluefin tuna were caught for fun, killed and ground into pet food
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Interactive: Mapping the Shale Gas Boom
Where in the United States is fracking unlocking natural gas from shale rock?
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Your Parents’ Music Will Be Stuck in Your Head Forever—And You’ll Like It
Deep down, new research finds, kids may be secretly enjoying themselves and creating fond attachments to oldies songs that still rock their parents out
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Eight of the Ten Highest-Paying College Majors Include the Word “Engineering”
According to researchers, unless students come from a wealthy family, considering whether a college degree will pay off as an investment is a smart move
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It Might Be Hard to Collect Syria’s Chemical Weapons, But Neutralizing Them Isn’t That Complicated
Rounding up and securing all of Assad’s chemical weapons will no doubt be challenging, but the actual act of destroying them isn’t quite so difficult
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Remembering 9/11: Maria Cecilia Benavente’s Sandals
Maria Cecilia Benavente escaped Tower Two barefoot; in shock, she held onto her sandals
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Bigger-Brained Birds Keep Their Cool Under Pressure
Birds with high ratios of brain size to body size maintain lower levels of stress hormones in their blood compared to their less intellectual counterparts
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A Man’s Testicle Size May Influence His Enthusiasm for Parenting
Some men may be naturally inclined to go down the long-term investment parenting route, whereas others may lean towards the Johnny Appleseed approach
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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
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Why Szechuan Peppers Make Your Lips Go Numb
Research shows that a molecule in the peppers activates your cells’ touch receptors, making them feel like they’ve been rapidly vibrated
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Top 10 Biggest Roadside Foods in America
Where is the world’s biggest pistachio?
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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
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Could Panda Poop Be the Secret to More Efficient Biofuel?
Unique microbes in a panda’s gut efficiently break down bamboo—mass producing these microbes could help scientists make sustainable biofuels
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Ask 10,000 Men About “Forced Sex,” And Rape Statistics Start to Make Sense
When asked, one in four men admitted to committing sexual assault
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Mooncakes Are China’s Fruit Cake—Traditional Holiday Gifts No One Actually Wants
Last year, China threw away 2 million of them
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