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Now Available: The Ultimate Old-Timey Playlist
Listen to digitized recordings of wax cylinders, an obsolete technology that revives turn-of-the-century culture
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This Ear Was Made With Vincent Van Gogh’s DNA
What secrets have been whispered into this creepy, living copy of the most famous ear in art history?
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Fossils Show Ancient Rats Were the Size of a Small Dog
And our ancient ancestors likely ate them
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Divers Discover 102-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Huron
The Hydrus and her crew were lost during the Great Storm of 1913
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In the face of criticism, SeaWorld is retiring its controversial killer whale show
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The Mystery of a Titanic Telegram
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New Hieronymus Bosch Drawing Found in Private Art Collection
The hellish landscape is “an exceptionally important addition” to Bosch’s grim work
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This Trunk Stuffed With 17th-Century Letters Is a Historian’s Dream
Recipients never read these letters, but their loss is history’s gain
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Could Climate Change Mean Less Sex and Fewer Babies?
Even if it does, perhaps that’s not a bad thing
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How Language Evolved from Climate and Terrain
Try shouting words into the wind, what sounds make it through?
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Happy Birthday Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood Star Turned Scientist
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Whisky Grains and Coffee Grounds Could Help Clean up Nuclear Waste
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How the U.S. Census Defines Race
The history of America’s racial identity, as told by 225 years of population data
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This Keyboard Lets You Type in Emoji
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NASA is Hiring Astronauts for Future Deep Space Missions
Do you want to head to Mars?
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