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For now, visually impaired people must rely on captions like these for descriptions of the images on the internet. (This is a picture of an eye reflecting Facebook's home page).

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In the Future, Facebook Will Describe Photos for Blind People

A visual internet poses many challenges for people that are visually impaired

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This Haunted House is Actually a Lab for Studying Fear

Get scared for science

Six ivory combs were also excavated from the tomb.

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The Incredible Treasures Found Inside the ‘Griffin Warrior’ Tomb

Why was a Mycenaean soldier buried with so many riches?

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The Hard Labor of Apple Picking

A skilled farm worker can pick six tons of apples a day

Archeologists working at the Upward Sun River site in Alaska, where they found the 11,500-year-old remains of two infants

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Ice Age Babies Buried in Alaska Reveals Early Genetic Diversity in North America

The infants’ DNA shows that humans may have stayed near the Bering Strait for thousands of years before moving farther south

Hundreds of thousands of man-made fragments of debris orbit around the Earth, as depicted here in an illustration of the cosmic mess.

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A Forgotten Piece of Space Junk is Headed for Earth

The object could be a lost piece of a rocket dating back to the Apollo missions

A hiker is dwarfed by the landscape of the mountain plateau where the Viking sword was found

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Hiker Accidentally Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway

The wrought iron weapon is an extraordinary find

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How Tourism Shaped Photography in 19th Century Japan

Westerners were obsessed with geisha, samurai and cherry blossoms

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Paris Has a ‘Love Lock’ Problem

And it’s not the only city that wants to get rid of them

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Genetically Edited Hercules Dogs Can Pack on Extra Muscles

Scientists use a natural mutation that produces extra muscle to tweak dogs genes

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5 Things to Know About the WHO’s Statement on Red Meat and Cancer

Yesterday’s announcement created widespread confusion for carnivores

Ai Weiwei's "Trace," which used Lego blocks to show political dissidents last year.

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Ai Weiwei Wants Your Legos

The dissident artist needs millions of toy bricks for his next project

Scientists tracked the growth of young whales compared to images taken last year.

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Drones Captured These ‘Killer’ Whale Family Portraits

Not just beautiful, these photos show that raising killer whale calves is a family affair

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, part 2

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These Brilliant Literary Maps Will Help You Understand Your Favorite Book

A lavishly illustrated atlas for Huckleberry Finn and other classics

Albert Einstein, pondering the mysteries of the universe—or maybe just writing a killer tweet.

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Albert Einstein Has a Social Media Team

How the famed physicist tweets from beyond the grave

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Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM’s Watson become the world’s most creative bartender

A view of the opening to Danger Cave in 1976, when it was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

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Utah’s Danger Cave Will Soon Open For a Rare Tour

The cave houses evidence of human habitation from over 11,000 years ago

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) on 12 February 2015

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Comet Lovejoy is One Boozy Space Rock

The greenish comet that lit up the sky last January releases as much alcohol as 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak

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Adding Faint Scents to Healthy Food Could Make it Taste Better

Scents of salty food may be all it takes to make low-salt items delicious

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Future Cops May Track Down Criminals By Making Fingerprints Glow

One scientist’s revenge could be the ultimate crime-fighting tool

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