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Super-Sized Food of the Future
How do you eat an eight-foot-long ear of corn?
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Behind-the-Scenes With Curator Nick Pyenson: A New Fossil Whale
Around the Smithsonian, routine work can often reap scientific discovery
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Underwood’s Deviled Ham: The Oldest Trademark Still in Use
The 1870 trademark was for “Deviled Entremets”—”Intended for Sandwiches, Luncheons, and Traveler’s Repasts”
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Could The Sun Set Off The Next Big Natural Disaster?
A new study finds that a strong solar storm could disable satellites for a decade
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More Great Walks of the World
Which hikes are the best in the world, and which ones did we miss?
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Black Lobster and the Birth of Canning
The canning innovation left another lasting impression: Foods are safe only when sterilized
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Why Does Grapefruit Mess With Your Medicine?
The juicy fruit can cause negative side effects with a number of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
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Paris or Bust: The Great New York-to-Paris Auto Race of 1908
Even before there were roads, there were men who wanted to drive fast
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Which is the Fairest Snow White of Them All?
With two big-screen adaptations about to arrive, here are earlier versions of the fairy tale that you might want to see
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Somebody’s Tracking You
Technology now allows companies to follow your behavior on the Web and customize ads for you based on that data. When does that become invasion of privacy?
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Why We Have Sliced Bread
“Here is a refinement that will receive a hearty and permanent welcome,” a reporter wrote of the best thing to hit grocery store shelves
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Dinosaur Sighting: The Most Dangerous Place for a Wedding
Two dinosaur fans decided to get married inside one of the world’s most famous roadside dinosaurs
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The iPad of 1935
Yep, there was an app for that
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Who Is Linda Tatersmith?
If flashy package design lure people into eating factory-extruded chemical slurries, why shouldn’t it work to trick food addicts into eating vegetables?
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What Was It Like to Dine with the Persian Kings?
For the 25th anniversary of the Sackler Gallery, elaborately crafted Iranian metalwork from Arthur Sackler’s original gift are now on display
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The Sound Gun That Will Leave You Speechless
A new device uses an auditory phenomenon to silence people remotely
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Great Walks of the World
The fact that people opt to walk today tells us there is something virtuous and irresistible in the plodding of one foot forward after the other
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Time for Terra Nova to Evolve or Go Extinct
The dinosaur-haunted drama has been cancelled. But could—and should—the show live on?
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How Marmosets Can Teach Us About Obesity
A new study indicates the small monkeys may help us understand what leads us to put on weight
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