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How to Recognize and Avoid Fake Health Food
It’s no surprise that many of food health labels stray from truth, but how can we cut the rubbish and identify the things that are actually good for us?
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India Wants to go to Mars Too, And Other Upcoming Space Missions
Though all eyes are on Curiosity, space agencies from around the world have by no means been resting on their laurels.
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In Step With Income Inequality, US Cities More Geographically Segregated than Ever
Residential segregation has increased by income in 27 out of 30 of America’s metropolises, and in some cases translates to shorter lives in poorer areas
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170 Years of America’s Evolution In One Animated GIF
In one click, the drifting lines and changing colors take you through 170 years of history.
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Scientists Explain How an All Drug Olympics Could Create the Greatest Athletes Ever
If we let athletes dope all they want, just how big, fast and strong can they really get?
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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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