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“We were travelers. It was in our blood, and the idea that we would ever stop traveling just because we had kids never sat well with us”
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Read Sir Isaac Newton’s Works Online
Cambridge University is digitizing its collection of works by Newton and other revolutionary scientists of the past
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You Are Umasou has to be one of the cutest dinosaur films ever, and one of the strangest
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Raise a Glass to Cocktail Science
Harvard scientists examine the science behind mixology and may help you build a better cocktail
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Jack Dempsey boasted he could tear apart a robot opponent “bolt by bolt and scatter its brain wheels and cogs all over the canvas”
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Should You Buy a Wildlife Calendar?
Not all photographers are ethical about where they shoot their photos
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My Name is Presto and I’ll Be Your Waiter
At more and more restaurants you’ll be ordering your meals on a tablet at your tabletop. Will we miss waiters?
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Inviting Writing: What Do You Call That Cookie?
It is nearly impossible to find anything on the Internet when you have only a phonetic spelling from a foreign language
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Would Chesley Sullenberger really want to be FAA Administrator?
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It’s not just science fiction—dinosaurs have already been in space twice
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Hominid Gifts for the Holidays
Human evolution T-shirt, necktie, coloring book and board game are just a few of the hominid-themed gifts you can give your loved ones this holiday season
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The son of Charles Darwin, a scientist in his own right, knows where the true secret to success lies
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In an attack against a Cape fur seal, a great white shark’s advantage comes down to physics
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Events Dec. 12-15: Seasons of Light, The Expert Is In, Day With the Artists, and Holiday Jazz
This week, see a holiday performance, talk to a bird expert, meet a pair of Native artists, and attend a jazz concert
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A Chess Champion’s Dominance—and Madness
As a young man, Paul Morphy vanquished eight opponents simultaneously while effectively blindfolded
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The Midday Ride of Paul Revere
Longfellow made the patriot’s ride to Lexington legendary, but the story of Revere’s earlier trip to Portsmouth deserves to be retold as well
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Determining Who Made the Most Movies
Some directors make more movies than others. A lot more
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New fossils give a body size boost to what may have been North America’s largest dinosaur, Alamosaurus
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Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine
On this day in 1888, the groundbreaking tabulator machine was installed in a government office for the first time
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