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76 Years Ago Today, Jesse Owens Proved the Nazis Wrong
In 1936 Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, throwing the idea of Aryan supremacy back into Hitler’s face
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Teens Predict Their Own Downward Spirals
For teens, having low expectations about living long, healthy lives turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Ancient Climate Change Meant Antarctica Was Once Covered with Palm Trees
53 million years ago, Antarctica was so warm that palm trees lived along its shores.
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Why don’t sprinters start with a pistol anymore? They’re too fast
The classic starting gun leaves too much margin of error, so London has switch to an electronic beep.
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Why 3-D Printed Fetuses Represent the Future of Medical Imaging
A 3-D printed fetus might seem strange, but it represents an opportunity to improve medical education and imaging.
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Australian Billionaire in Talks with Cloning Pioneers to Build Real Jurassic Park
With his billions of dollars, Clive Palmer is investigating cloning dinosaurs to build a real life Jurassic Park
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“Night At The Museum” For Adults Lets You Sleep Over With Dinosaurs
London’s Natural History Museum is challenging adults to channel their inner child in an upcoming grown ups-only slumber party
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Miners, Drillers Push Into Void Left By Melting Arctic Ice
The opening of parts of the Arctic Ocean each summer, and the melting of surface ice on northern landscapes, driving a gold rush into the Arctic frontier
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Research Suggests Politicians are More Likely to Be Psychopaths
Several of the characteristics that define a psychopath also correspond to the traits that make for effective leaders. For politicians, this is true
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Old-Timey Olympians Show How Things Have Changed
Clendenin’s photos evoke the feeling that for all the changes seen by the modern Olympic games, the athletes themselves could be transposed across time
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How to Follow Every Second of the Curiosity Mars Mission
The Curiosity lander sets down in just a few days, and here’s who to follow on Twitter in anticipation
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Vietnam’s Dogs are Both Humans’ Best Friends and Snacks
In Vietnam, dog lovers had best keep their pooches behind high, locked fences if they don’t want their pets to wind up boiled in a pot
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Yesterday Was National Orgasm Day and You Missed It
Did you celebrate? If not, you’ll just have to celebrate twice next year
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In Long History of Creepy Robot Babies, this One Takes the Cake
Humans love babies. Humans also love robots. Yet somehow, when you combine the two, it’s terrifying.
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Read a 2007 Essay in Smithsonian by Gore Vidal, Last Writer of His Kind
Why more writers should be as fearless, and as prickly as Vidal
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Could a Whale-Powered Bus Be the Future of Transportation?
Visionary postcard artists illustrated around 90 fanciful cards between 1899 to 1910 imagined what the future held in store for France in the year 2000
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For Soldiers, Sperm Banking Could Be the New Flack Jacket
Soldiers arriving home with missing or mutilated genitals have drown attention to the lack of government support for in vitro fertilization
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Smell Hallucinations Exist Too, and Could Be a Sign of Health Problems
Nasal hallucinations are a real thing, and they stink
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How The Feeling We Call Awe Helped Humans Conquer the Planet
Getting your daily dose of awe inspires patience, altruism, and life satisfaction
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When It’s Okay to Kill 80,000 Wild Goats
The Galapagos recently finished exterminating 80,000 invasive goats from the island
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