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The Arc of History is Long, But it Bends Toward Asian Economic Dominance

Wind turbines in Pennsylvania

Scientists Save Bats and Birds from Wind Turbine Slaughter

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What’s the Difference Between Clinically Dead, Figuratively Dead and Just Plain Dead?

Simulation of a detection of the Higgs boson in the CMS experiment

Finally, For Real, We (May Have) Found the God Particle

Microoptics of the AWARE2 camera

Gigapixel Camera Takes 11-Foot Wide Photos in 0.01 Seconds

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Yankees Fans Actually Do Keep Their Enemies Closer — In Their Minds, At Least

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Want to Be Healthy? Manage Your Microbes Like a Wildlife Park

50 Years of Longline Fishermen Throwing Out the Endangered Half of Their Catch

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Nothing Unhealthy About McDonalds, Says Head Chef

Beautiful Infographic Charts Ugly Reality of Species Loss

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On the Solstice, People in the Tropics Cast No Shadow

Glasses Let Doctors, Poker Players See Your Blood

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Today is Juneteenth, the Most Important Holiday No One Knows About

Artist: Deittrich von Lichtensteig, c. 1411

The Black Death Never Left – And It Might Defeat Our Best Defenses

20 Years Ago, Even America Believed the World Could Save the Environment

A Brief History of Abject Failure in Tablet Computing

Stunning View of Arctic Could Be Last of its Kind

As Voyager Exits Solar System, Sole Proof of Humanity a 70s Record

LIU Yang visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 12 August 2012

China’s First Woman Astronaut: Progress or Propaganda?

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What the Taliban and Jenny McCarthy Have in Common

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