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Other than the human tendency for imitating magpies, gold really isn’t all that special
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Inviting Writing: Can a Kitchen Forgive?
We’ve grown apart, I know. But it’s me, really, not you. I’ve been cheating on you with easy catches and have brought home some unsavory characters
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Events August 8-11: Student Sit-ins, When Volcanoes Erupt and John Wayne in the Philippines
This week: experience the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins, get a lesson on volcano scholarship and attend an evening “Mingle at the Museum”
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The “Spirit of Tuskegee” Stearman Lands in DC
After a month-long trip from California to Washington, D.C., a biplane once used to train Tuskegee Airmen arrives at the Smithsonian
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Project Nim and Rise of the Planet of the Apes are very different movies, but both question the ethics of chimpanzee research
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Saving the Flavor of Fresh Herbs
Whether homegrown or store-bought, there are ways to preserve the flavor of fresh herbs for later
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Forty-nine years ago today, America’s biggest movie star was found dead at the age of 36. Why did she take her own life?
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Protoceratops: The Cinderella of Dinosaurs
Have scientists found “the holy grail of vertebrate ichnology”—a dinosaur dead in its tracks?
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Ken Kesey’s Pranksters Take to the Big Screen
It took an Oscar-winning director to make sense of the drug-addled footage shot by the author and his Merry Pranksters
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Weekend Events August 5-7: Chinese Comedy, Story Time, and the Star-Spangled Banner
A Chinese film screening, fold the Star-Spangled Banner and other upcoming events for the weekend
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Thirty Years of Food in Music Videos
On MTV’s birthday, an appreciation of the coffee, cakes, candy, breakfast cereals and milkshakes of song
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Archaeologists May Have A Bone To Pick With Herbivores
Carnivores aren’t the only creatures munching on bones, and herbivores are not the strict vegans we think they are
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An Open Letter to Steven Spielberg
Something has been troubling me, Steve. I worry what your recent news means for us dinosaur fans
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Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #5: An All-Star Team of Scientists
A geologist, a geochemist and a paleontologist go into an (ancient sand) bar
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The List: 5 Reasons Why We Should Worry About an Ape Revolution
With the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, we should be prepared in case apes attempt to take over our world
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Jesse Owens Wins his First Gold
Despite a climate thick with racial tension, 75 years ago today, the track star made history at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
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Ten Ways to Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe
If radio messages are out, try looking for asteroid mining, planetary pollutants, or alien artifacts here on Earth
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If one were to go down to the crossroads at midnight and call the devil’s name three times, what dish would appear in a poof of fire and brimstone?
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As bad as your workplace is, at least you don’t have to worry about your tyrannosaur boss eating you for lunch
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The Spirited History of the American Bar
A new book details how the neighborhood pub, tavern, bar or saloon plays a pivotal role in United States history
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