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The r-TWR remote air traffic control center

Saab Reinvents Air Traffic Control With a Digital Panorama

With Saab’s new digital panorama, the local air traffic controller may soon go the way of the technical support specialist

A new study shows that over-the-counter products sold to eradicate the bed bug, shown feeding above, are relatively ineffective

Bed Bugs Are Even Peskier Than We Thought

A new study reveals that common over-the-counter bed bug eradication products are essentially ineffective

A Bolivian donkey of the 1850s. From Herndon and Gibbon, Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon (1854).

Run Out of Town on an Ass

According to legend, Queen Victoria, informed of an early president’s angry insult to her ambassador, struck Bolivia off the map. But is it true?

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A Little Lost Tyrannosaur

Nothing is cuter than a troublemaking baby Tyrannosaurus

Tuesday is the last chance of the century to see Venus pass between the sun and the earth.

Events June 5-7: Transit of Venus, Living Portraits, and Ai WeiWei

This week, watch the transit of Venus, take a “living portrait,” and explore the work of Chinese dissident artist Ai WeiWei

The campus of UC Santa Barbara is on the coast at Isla Vista.

Summer Vacation on Campus

Looking for unique, fun, inexpensive lodging? Stay in a university dorm

Technology may help you shape your dreams.

Taking Control of Your Dreams

Not a lot of research has been done on lucid dreaming, but new devices are now helping people influence what’s going on in their heads while they sleep

Photo by Jim McGuire for the Memories album

Finding Doc Watson on Film

Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult

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A Taste of Edible Feces

Ambergris, the subject of a new book, “is aromatic—both woody and floral. The smell reminds me of leaf litter on a forest floor.”

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Today Is Your Last Chance This Lifetime to See Venus Pass in Front of the Sun

Venus’ next transit of the sun isn’t until 2117—so read about what to watch for and make sure to look to the skies

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The Peas that Smelled the Leaky Pipe

In 1901, a 17-year-old Russian discovered the gas that tells fruits to ripen

Come to the National Zoo this Saturday for Grevy’s Zebra Day, an interactive, family event.

Events June 1-3: Native Athletes in the Olympics, Zebra Day, Ocean: Multimedia, Dance, Film and Music

This weekend, prep for the Olympics with some history, meet the Zebras at the zoo and celebrate the ocean in a multimedia experience

What would life be like if dinosaurs such as this Ceratosaurus (at Ogden, Utah's Eccles Dinosaur Park) suddenly returned?

Time for a Dinosaur Attack?

A dinosaur movie not fit for children could really run with the idea of what life would be like if packs of Deinonychus roamed the streets

A few old honeymoon hotels linger on in the Pennsylvania Poconos.

Passion in the Poconos

Home of the heart-shaped tub, the Pennsylvania mountains once rivaled Niagara Falls as a honeymoon destination

Pollock’s studio in East Hampton, New York, is now the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

Sharing Pork Chops With Jackson Pollock

Richard Field was an undergrad with gumption when he visited the painter at his Long Island home. Nearly 60 years later, Field recalls the memorable affair

Siri is just the beginning of voice recognition.

Talking With Machines

Siri is far from perfect, but It’s shown the potential of voice recognition software and artificial intelligence. Coming soon: conversations with our cars

The 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, one of the largest in recent history, is dwarfed by the scale of supervolcano eruptions

Can Supervolcanoes Erupt More Suddenly Than We Think?

Enormous magma reserves may sit quietly for just thousands or even hundreds of years

The author was recruited very temporarily by this traveling team of cyclists from Corsica when he arrived at Col du Soulor (1,474 meters/4,724 feet).

Where Lance Remains the King

Among the peaks, cirques and summits of the French Pyrenees, the greeting call to an American on a bike may always be “Armstrong!”

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Fate of Auctioned Tarbosaurus Yet to be Determined

An almost complete skeleton was sold for more than a million dollars, but what will become of this rare specimen?

Thomas Scott Baldwin's airship at the St. Louis Exposition

Don’t Let Your Money Fly Away: A 1909 Warning to Airship Investors

Flying aboard aircraft? Just a passing fad

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