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Setting up a connection between things and reward early in life primes people to be materialistic
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St. Anthony’s Chapel contains the largest number of relics outside of the Vatican
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Researchers are learning to use bed bugs pheromones against them
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This produces a euphoric smell that likely evolved as a way to trick animals into eating them
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California’s storms unearthed treasures along beaches and in foothills including a Megolodon tooth and a Steller’s sea cow ribs
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The heavily-mined Iran-Iraq border is a sanctuary for the Persian leopard
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Being in the zoo impinges on her freedom
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Not all animal killings are linked to the illegal wildlife trade
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Voters change their stance after a face-to-face conversation with a gay or lesbian person hoping to get married
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The novel reptile shows that hybrids can indeed lead to viable species, but not by the normal reproductive route
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The Boomerang Nebula is just one degree above absolute zero
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Two recent stories showcase the latest advances in prosthetics and the lives they have changed
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Drilling the Arctic is hard, and with oil prices flagging, it may not be worth it
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Researchers found a new fish in the depths of the Mariana Trench
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Studies of students show that extroverts don’t get rewarded for being outgoing when introverts are judging
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Children nestled in the center of the classroom are deemed the coolest
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Chemical analyses unveil traces of olive oil in ancient Israeli pottery
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The season would have reminded composer Irving Berlin of his young son who died Christmas Day in 1928
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Overanalyze Home Alone in every way possible — and it still stands up, all these years later
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