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See a Google-Earth-Like View of an Embryo, Down to an Individual Cell
A new technology combines thousands of individual images to create a zoom-able picture of living tissue, down to the cellular level
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Should We Go Back to Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park 4 is coming soon, but should we really go back to those dinosaur-infested islands?
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Frances Benjamin Johnston’s Garden Legacy: New Finds from the Archives
Research has helped identify glass lantern slides within the collection from the famed photographer’s garden images
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‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas Is Linked With Earthquakes
A new study finds a correlation between the underground injection of waste fluids from fracking and dozens of small earthquakes
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Memorization may seem like a brain-based skill, but it has as much to do with our bodies and our buildings
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Soon new cars will have Internet access so carmakers are developing ways to reduce distractions. Like turning on the radio with the wink of an eye
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Julia Child’s Italian Tour: Angering Chefs and Riding on Motorcycles
Author Bob Spitz recounts his trip traveling through Italy with the culinary legend
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Look at the Writing on the Wall: Barbara Kruger Opens Soon at the Hirshhorn
The artist behind “I shop therefore I am” has plastered her monumental statements all over the Hirshhorn
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Rumors are circling that an Australian billionaire wants to create a Jurassic Park. Could it actually work?
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Becoming Human: The Evolution of Walking Upright
Walking on two legs distinguished the first hominids from other apes, but scientists still aren’t sure why our ancestors became bipedal
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Events August 7-9: Sketching, Musical Genre-Bending and Stitching
This week, sketch like a master, catch a concert that blends Native American and Celtic sounds and stitch in the presence of greatness
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The Only Footage of Mark Twain in Existence
This silent film footage was taken in 1909 by Thomas Edison at Mark Twain’s estate
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41% of Water in the US is Used for Power Generation
The Union of Concerned Scientists describes how warming and drought can cause problems for power generation
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VIDEO: This Deep-Sea Squid Breaks Off Its Own Arms to Confuse Predators
A bioluminescent squid species that lives off the coast of California was caught on camera ditching its arms
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Best Vegetarian Foods of the World
Traveling and eating abroad, many diners discover that the world is a vegetarian’s oyster
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Canada’s Dinosaur Park Formation is an exceptionally rich fossil boneyard, but what drove the evolution of the different dinosaurs found there?
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Landsat satellites have been taking photos of Earth for a long time, but only now can you watch zoomable, time-lapse images of the planet’s transformation.
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170 Years of America’s Evolution In One Animated GIF
In one click, the drifting lines and changing colors take you through 170 years of history.
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76 Years Ago Today, Jesse Owens Proved the Nazis Wrong
In 1936 Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, throwing the idea of Aryan supremacy back into Hitler’s face
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Meet Team USA’s Marlen Esparza, the New Face of Women’s Boxing
The flyweight pugilist has spent all her life waiting for the chance to compete on the Olympic stage. Now, she just needs to win
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