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Most Adults Don’t Recognize a Drowning Child

As opposed to what Hollywood would lead us to believe, drowning is a quiet, easily overlooked affair

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The Death of a Conservationist Who Fought Poachers and the Drug Trade That Funds Them

Conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval’s passion for protecting sea turtles likely cost him his life

Here’s Antarctica as we know it today, a land of vast ice sheets.

Here’s What Antarctica Looks Like Under All The Ice

Antarctica is covered in miles of ice. But what does it look like underneath?

A maternity care package provided by Finland.

Finland’s State-Issued Baby Care Packages Give All Children an Equal Start in Life

After 75 years of state-issued baby care packages, today the box is a “right of passage” for expectant mothers

Some of the toothy fossils that clued researchers in on our ancestor’s grass-eating tendencies.

Human Ancestors Grazed on Grass

Around 4 million years ago, our ancestors’ diets were about 90 percent fruit and leaves, but suddenly incorporated grasses 500,000 years later

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The Killer El Reno Tornado Was the Widest Tornado Ever

The El Reno tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb last Friday was the widest tornado ever seen

Not from the current spill, the Rainforest Action Network shows what they say is lasting damage from Ecuador’s long history of damage from oil production.

A Ruptured Pipe Spilled Oil Upstream of the Amazon River

A burst pipeline in Ecuador spilled 10,000 barrels of oil into a tributary of the Amazon River

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Police Can Now Take Your DNA After Any Arrest

The Supreme Court has ruled that police can take DNA samples from anybody under arrest for any crimes, regardless of whether DNA is relevant to their arrest

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Pheromones From Man Sweat Makes Guys More Cooperative

The higher a man’s testosterone levels, the greater his generosity after sniffing the pheromone

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The First French Winemakers Learned Everything They Knew From Etruscans

New research pins the arrival of wine making in France to around 525 B.C.

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The Man Who Coined the Word ‘Sack’ in Football Dies at 74

For a long time, a quarterback’s greatest fear was David “Deacon” Jones

Laughing? Crying? Reveling in your pain? Possibly all of the above.

Even 4-Year-Olds Feel Schadenfreude

And it turns out that kids as young as four experience that weird glee of seeing someone trip and fall

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German’s Longest Word Is No More

Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, or an insurance company that provides legal protection, is now the language’s longest word

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Some People’s Feet Are More Ape-Like Than Others’

One in about 13 people have more floppy feet, pointing toward a bone structure more akin to that found in fossils of 2 million-year-old human ancestors

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This Is an Actual Photo of a Planet in Another Solar System

This is a planet, 300 light years away, as seen through the Very Large Telescope

Legendary Human-Eating Bird Was Real, Probably Could Have Eaten People

In Maori legend, Te Hokioi was a giant bird that preyed on children, and science says that’s probably the truth

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Why It’s Okay To Be So Upset Over Yesterday’s Game of Thrones

The emotional bonds we forge with fictional characters can be just as real as those with real people

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To Measure Elephant Obesity, One Researcher Assesses Pachydermal Butts

It turns out that it’s really hard to figure out if an elephant is fat

If You Must Kill That Spider, The Best Way Is To Freeze It

The next time you see an eight legged friend that you’d rather not be friends with, here’s the best way to kill it

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Without Vaccines, Hundreds of Children in Pakistan Have Died From a Measles Epidemic

Health workers hope the arrival of 11 million vaccines in June will get the epidemic under control, though some families are suspicious of the shots

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