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The Word “Taser” Comes From a Young Adult Sci-Fi Novel
Massively popular at the time, the Tom Swift books have not aged very well
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Court Revokes the Construction Permit for Contentious Hawaiian Telescope
Protestors physically blocked access to the Mauna Kea construction site for more than a year and now the project faces another roadblock
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Five Things You Should Know about the Catastrophic Flooding in Chennai
Mass evacuations, a submerged airport and questions about the city’s urban planning
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Yearbook Photos Show How Smiles Have Widened Over the Decades
An analysis of roughly 38,000 high-school senior portraits shows Americans’ frowns turning upside down
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This Holograph Can Be Touched and Manipulated
Tiny interactive displays use lasers to create touchable plasma
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Hundreds of Fake Ads Protest Paris Climate Summit’s Corporate Sponsors
Artists in Paris distributed 600 posters calling out companies’ hypocrisy
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Amazon Tree Census Makes Clear Just How Many Species are in Trouble
More than half of the Amazon’s trees could qualify as threatened species
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Hundreds of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along the Scottish Coast
Giant sauropods once roamed the Isle of Skye
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Minecraft Players Are Recreating Scenes From Studio Ghibli Movies
Now gamers can romp around Yubaba’s Bath House and clamber into a Catbus
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There’s No Such Thing as a Male or Female Brain
When it comes to sex traits, brains are consistently inconsistent
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Mount Everest’s Glaciers are Turning Into Lakes
Thousands of Himalayan glaciers could melt by the end of the century
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Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago
They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders
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The Oldest Known Seabird Is About to Lay Another Egg
Wisdom the Laysan albatross has lived at least 64 years and raised as many as 36 chicks
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Japan Starts its Whale Hunt Again
Despite an international ruling, the Japanese fleet plans to harvest 333 minke whales
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Sixty Years Later, Cities Celebrate Rosa Parks’ Legacy
Statues, streets and anti-bias education commemorate the civil rights activist’s historic protest
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Explore the Complexities of Climate Change with These Interactive Maps
Understanding the ins and outs requires some strong visualizations
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What Was the First Thing Sold on the Internet?
The answer depends on how the question is approached
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