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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
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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
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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
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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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One scientist’s revenge could be the ultimate crime-fighting tool
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This Norwegian Modern Art Museum Is Also a Bridge
An ingeniously twisted design blends art with infrastructure
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92 Percent of Possible Earth Twins Have Yet to Be Born
Our young universe promises trillions of more planets to come
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27 Percent of U.S. Adults Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year
This new survey on reading habits isn’t all doom and gloom, though
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The Mysterious Case of the Adirondacks Sugar Maple
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Lead Poisoning Rampant for Wealthy Medieval Europeans
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A Town Founded By Nazis Was Just Sued for Housing Discrimination
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An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth on Halloween
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Great Scott! Stanford Invented a Self-Driving DeLorean Just in Time for Back to the Future Day
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