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This Tower Scrubs the Air of Smog

The project is intended to draw attention to the problem of air pollution

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The Ig Nobel Prize Turns 25

Celebrating a quarter-century of the goofiest work in science

New Research

Giraffes Spend Their Nights Quietly, Constantly Humming

Not so silent after all

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How to Build a Seven-Mile-Wide Scale Model of the Solar System

It takes three-and-a-half miles to get from the Sun to Pluto

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Preserving Old Computer Games Is Harder Than it Seems

There’s an art and a science to resurrecting now-defunct PC games

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Why Are Urban Planners Collecting City Soundscapes?

This is a journey into sound

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The World’s Largest Aircraft Might Lose its Title to a Blimp

This despite having a wingspan almost as long as a football field

New Research

The Arctic Now Has a Big Mosquito Problem

The bugs are growing bigger and living longer thanks to climate change

Ancient people may have ground up wild oats

New Research

Flour Was Part of the Human Diet 32,000 Years Ago

A stone pestle inside an Italian cave bears traces of starch from wild oats

Screenshot from "How to Make a Sandwich - Chapter 11 Assembly"

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Making a Sandwich From Scratch Took This Man Six Months

The chicken sandwich also racked up a total cost of $1,500

Kapparot for penance and purification at Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem, Israel.

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It Is Officially Legal to Ritually Kill Chickens on the Streets of New York City

A judge ruled that there was not enough evidence that the practice was a public nuisance

Screenshot from "Camera Restricta"

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This Camera Refuses to Take Clichéd Photos

An art project demands a unique perspective of its user

New Research

Reaching the End of a Task Makes People More Likely to Cheat

A study shows that when given a repetitive task and the ability to get away with cheating, people will be sneaky

New Research

Ancient Cats Drove Ancient Dogs to Extinction

The rivalry runs deep

New Research

Half of American Catholics Have Lapsed

But 11 percent eventually return to the church

An ancient Hittite carving

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Archaeologists Recreate 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Feast to Better Understand Their History

The chef crushed buckwheat on stones and used no kitchenware other than a knife

New Research

Some Ocean Populations Declined by Nearly 50 Percent Between 1970 and 2012

Is there still a chance to stave off a growing crisis beneath the waves?

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A Brief History of the Popemobile

From sedan chair to Mercedes-Benz

New Research

Here’s Why Chimps and Humans Look So Different

Thank genes for the lack of family resemblance.

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Competitive Tree Climbing Is a Thing

It’s on, arborists

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