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The Day When Elvis Met Nixon

Rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley arrived at the White House in a purple velvet jumpsuit on this day in 1970

Could the same dryer sheets that keep your towels fresh and static free also repel bugs?

Dryer Sheets as Bug Repellant?

Testing the myth

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The Kem Kem Beds: A Paradise For Predators?

Ninety-five million years ago, in what is now southeastern Morocco, giant predators ruled the land known today as the Kem Kem fossil beds

Long-tailed Macaque

The World’s Worst Invasive Mammals

Animals as common as goats, deer, rabbits or mice can have a devastating effect on other wildlife

Copies of Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" are put on display in a bookstore in New York.

Five Fake Memoirs That Fooled the Literary World

Fiction was stranger than truth in these examples of authentic autobiographies that were anything but that

Fox River Promotion Booklet, 2006Designed by Marian Bantjes (Canadian, b. 1963)Booklet designed by Rick Valicenti (American, b. 1951) and Gina Garza (American, b. 1979)

Postmodernism’s New Typography

In an act of rebellion against the prevailing Sans serif aesthetic, designers looked to celebrate creativity in their digital fonts

Author Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh, standing outside barn on her farm.

Childhood Memories of Charles Lindbergh

In an excerpt from her memoir, Reeve Lindbergh, the daughter of the famous aviator, recalls her father’s love of checklists

Polar Bear at Cape Churchill (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada)

It’s Not Too Late to Save the Polar Bear

In 2007, scientists from the USGS said that if humans didn’t cut greenhouse gas emissions, two-thirds of the world’s polar bears could be gone by 2050

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