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They sure make pretty pictures, but are we exaggerating what they can really tell us about what's going on inside our heads?
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Genetic remnants of an ancient infection indicate the mysterious Denisovans, not humans, are Neanderthals' closest cousins
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The Rodney Dangerfield of wars in the United States, the 19th-century conflict is given great respect by our Northern neighbors
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Here are some films that give parenthood a bad name
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Cataracts, slipped discs, epidemics, glandular problems and even a loss of sex drive have all been proposed as the reason non-avian dinosaurs perished
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The futurist design movement that divided critics and and swept the nation with space age coffee shops
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To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the museum debuts a curated collection of portraits and artifacts
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These innovative recipes entice the taste buds for every meal of the day
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Before the burning of the White House, the First Lady saved some red draperies. Could she have made a dress from them?
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A rare fossil shows that duck-billed dinosaurs were not so duck-like after all
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Recognized for his role in animal conservation, Amstrup explains what climate change is doing to the arctic and what he's doing to stop it
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Kick off this Father's Day weekend with these events for the whole family
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Globally, it seems that this gendered division of cookery is an American thing
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Fatherhood remains a ripe subject for scientific research. Here are 10 recent studies on the transformation from man to dad
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The plan will protect the Coral Sea as well as pygmy blue whale habitat off the southern coast of Western Australia
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They had green mountains, trout streams and wildflowers; meadows and waterfalls, but Andorrans made their country the least charming in all of Europe
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Historian Erik Rutkow argues in a new book that forests are key to understanding how our nation developed and who we are today
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From the silent days to the present, women have been a solid—if often unrecognized—force in animation
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Apatosaurus means "deceptive lizard," and a short cartoon offers a new interpretation of that name
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