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Obama Is Actually the Third President to Install Solar Panels at the White House

Jimmy Carter’s 1979 solar panels were stripped down by Ronald Reagan, while no one noticed when the Bush administration installed panels to heat the pool

Hide And Seek Might Be Good for Kids’ Brains

By switching perspectives from hider to seeker, kids get experience in putting themselves in someone else’s shoes

How Typhoid Mary Stayed Healthy

Researchers think a potential therapy could be developed that blocks the bacteria’s ability to divide and produce symptomatic typhoid

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Document Deep Dive

Document Deep Dive: Even Julia Child Used a Recipe

See the famous chef’s thought process as she wrote out precise measurements to bake one of her favorite breads

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Asia’s Only Tool-Wielding Monkeys Are Abandoning Their Stone Implements

If Thailand’s gifted macaques are not sheltered from the corrupting influence of humans, they’ll become another annoying, thieving bunch of Asian monkeys

Too Much Facebook Time Will Get You Down

The more time study participants spent scrolling through Facebook, the less happy and satisfied with their lives they felt

Should Women Be Paid for Their Eggs?

In some states donors aren’t allowed to be paid for their eggs - they can only be compensated for their travel

A depiction of what the biobulb will look like

Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

One Day We’ll Light Our Homes With Bacteria

Genetically engineered E. coli housed within a bulb-like casing can produce bioluminescence, the student think, creating the Biobulb

Doctors Should Include Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Medical Records

A patients medical records include all sorts of information. Now some doctors are pushing to add sexual orientation and gender identity

The world’s reefs are fading fast.

Can Swarming Robots and Cloud Umbrellas Help Save Coral Reefs?

As reefs continue dying off, scientists have started to think more boldly about how to protect them

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These Carvings Are the Oldest Rock Art in America, by Thousands of Years

Native Americans created the carvings, which depict nature and geometrical motifs, though researchers still puzzle over their exact purpose and meaning

Just a year ago these people were celebrating Morsi’s election.

Three Things to Know About the Bloodshed in Egypt

Hundreds of people were killed in Egypt yesterday. Here’s your primer

Getty Just Made 4,600 Incredible Images Public Domain

These images must still be credited, but they can be used for both commercial and non-commercial material

In new research, Japanese scientists determined that warmer temperatures have gradually made the Fuji apples mealier and less flavorful.

Climate Change Is Altering the Taste and Texture of Fuji Apples

Japanese scientists determined that warmer temperatures have gradually made the fruits mealier and less flavorful

The olinguito, a small mammal native to South America, was announced as the first new carnivorous mammal species discovered in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years today.

For the First Time in 35 Years, A New Carnivorous Mammal Species is Discovered in the Americas

The Olinguito, a small South American animal, has evaded the scientific community for all of modern history

The patent that ignited the dreams of generations of architects

Lego Architecture Studio Brings Modernism to the Play Room

The childhood toy becomes an architect’s dream come true

In 1967, the Submarine ALVIN Was Attacked by a Swordfish

They decided that the best thing to do was “surface the submarine and remove the swordfish.”

Ten Years Ago, 50 Million People Lost Power

Ten years later people are remembering, energy companies are trying to get better, but the grid is the same

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The Civil War

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and the War That Changed Poetry, Forever

The two titans of American poetry chronicled the death and destruction of the Civil War in their poems

An emergency call center

911 Won’t Always Know Your Location If You Call From a Cell Phone

Among the networks, AT&T and T-Mobile seem to be the biggest culprits at leaving out pertinent location information when customers make emergency calls

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