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India Plants a Record 50 Million Trees in 24 Hours
More than 800,000 volunteers planted saplings in public spaces in the state of Uttar Pradesh hoping to reduce greenhouse gases and reforest the countryside
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These Anti-Suffrage Postcards Warned Against Giving Women the Vote
There are always those who resist societal change
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Tides Trigger Tiny Earthquakes Along the San Andreas Fault
The spring tides trigger small tremors deep in the fault, revealing the fault’s structure
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The World’s Largest Picnic Basket Faces an Uncertain Future
The fast decline of a kitschy landmark
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Watch Historic Footage of Seven Consequential (and Cringeworthy) Convention Moments
These tidbits of political theater past must be seen to be believed
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Keep Your Eyes to the Sky for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Month
The late-July meteor shower heralds the popular Perseids
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Jane Austen’s Music Collection Is Now Online
Play piano like a Darcy with nearly 600 Austen-approved tunes
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Unesco Names New World Heritage Sites
Rock art, irrigation and education add to the organization’s growing list of sites worthy of protection
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Five Things to Know About the New GMO Labeling Bill
Congress just passed a bill requiring GMO labeling, but it’s not as straightforward as you might think
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Browse Though the Amazon’s 12,000 Tree Species in This New Master List
Gotta count ‘em all
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Anyone Can Contribute to This Giant Poem…if You Can Find This Typewriter
A roving typewriter tries to capture New York’s subconscious
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Watch Corals in Action With New Underwater Microscope
The Benthic Underwater Microscope opens up a whole new age of ocean exploration
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Mice Watching “Touch of Evil” Teach Scientists About the Mind’s Eye
By tracking mice neurons, scientists hope to understand consciousness
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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No, China’s Tiangong-1 Will Not “Rain Molten Metal Down Onto Earth”
It’s not spiraling out of control, and even if it was, it wouldn’t enter the atmosphere until 2017
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Meet Your New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the role—and the first woman
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Researchers Travel to the Amazon to Find Out if Musical Taste is Hardwired
Members of the Tsimane tribe showed no preference between consonant and dissonate tones, meaning Western music is probably not biologically based
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Meet William Merritt Chase, the American Master Coming Back into Fashion
At the turn of the century, Chase was one of the most well-known painters and teachers in the United States. A new exhibit revisits his revolutionary skill
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