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Vintage Summer Tips From the U.S. Government: “Overeating Is Overheating”

In the early 1940s, in the years after the country had entered World War II, American government had a particular interest in keeping workers on the job

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To Store Sunlight in Air, Just Add Water

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One of the First Maps to Include “America” Found in Old Geometry Book

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Timbuktu’s Ancient Relics Lay In Ruins At Hands of Militant Group

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Science Answers Age-Old Question, Should We Live to Work or Work to Live?

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Stick Bugs Have Sex for Two Months Straight

Yes. They can. Two-plus months. Or, more specifically, 79 days, says pseudonymous entomologist—blogger Bug Girl

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The Stunt that Launched Nathan’s Famous Stand on Coney Island

Back in 1916, the now-famous Nathan’s hot-dogs of New York City did not sell on name alone

Blum visited Facebook’s new data center in Prineville, Oregon, among other places.

Have You Ever Wondered How the Internet Works?

Andrew Blum, author of the new book “Tubes,” spent two years exploring the physical constructions around the world that enable the Internet to exist

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Wearing Wool, All Summer Long

Layered, corseted summer garments kept women proper and fashionable, if not cool

The Hotel Metropole, opened in 1901, reflects the French colonial era in Vietnam.

A Trio of French Colonial Sites in Hanoi

In Vietnam’s capital you can still find many examples of French colonial architecture, including St. Joseph’s Cathedral and the luxurious Hotel Metropole

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Wrecked Rivers of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Wasteland’ Teem With Life Once More

Easter Island Drug Makes Mice Happier, Smarter

Michael Pupa is the only living person featured in an exhibit at the National Archives that tells the stories of the men, women and children who struggled to both enter and exit the U.S. from 1880 to the 1950s.

Cracking the Code of the Human Genome

Document Deep Dive: A Holocaust Survivor Finds Hope in America

Michael Pupa’s story, from orphan of Nazi Europe to American citizen, is a testament to the freedoms America offers

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Spend Your Fourth of July Hominid Hunting

Celebrate Independence Day with a trip to one of America’s many archaeological parks

The farmer of the year 2031 works at his large flat-panel television (1931)

1931′s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future

The farmer of tomorrow wears a suit to work and sits at a desk that looks oddly familiar to those of us here in the year 2012

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Chimps Celebrate the End of a Research Era

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Five Movies That No One Will Ever Be Able to See

What are the best films that were never put to celluloid? We look back at the passion projects of famous directors that never got off the ground

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New Robot Eliminates Only Jobs Left – In the Service Sector

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a robot that can fill the gap of the absent salesperson

Every recorded earthquake of magnitude 4 of higher since 1898

100 Years of Earthquakes On One Gorgeous Map

Rock out on the Fourth with Max Impact, the premier band of the United States Air Force.

Events July 3-5: Flag Folding, Celebrate the Fourth, Explore the Heirloom Garden

Kick off the Fourth of July celebration this week with flag folding, a concert and a tour of the Heirloom Garden

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