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This Renaissance Painting of Fruit Holds a Modern-Day Science Lesson
Hint: it’s in the watermelon
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Breathtaking Space GIF Gives Earth a New Perspective of the Moon
NASA’s EPIC camera took the image a million miles from Earth
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Why This Chicken is Black From Comb to Feathers to Muscles
The Ayam Cemani is the Goth of the chicken world
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The Physics of a UFC Fighter so Fast, She Might Just Be Bionic
Two words: kinetic energy
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By Keeping Cows From Burping, This Drug Could Slow Down Climate Change
That cheeseburger may soon be less harmful to the environment
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Balloon or Drone? The Internet’s Space Race is Heating Up
Facebook and Google battle to provide the best internet connection from the edge of the atmosphere
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This Was the Turducken of Border Disputes
Dahala Khagrabari (#51) used to be a piece of India inside Bangladesh, inside India, inside Bangladesh
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Teen Schools Professor on “No Irish Need Apply” Signs
Armed with a Google search and a theory, a 14-year-old enters the fray on a longstanding historical debate
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Glaciers Are Retreating Faster Than Before
The future of Earth’s glaciers is unsettling at best
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The Parks Service Just Added Four New National Historic Landmarks
Masonic memorials, bison jumps and parks
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The Middle East Just Lived Through One of the Hottest Days in History
An Iranian city logged a 165-degree heat index last week as temperatures continue to boil
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Astronauts Have Some Weird Pre-Launch Traditions
Rituals are important when you’re about to rocket into space
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North Korea’s Military Still Uses Stealth Planes From the 1940s
The An-2 can hover and fly backwards
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How Hurricane Katrina Changed Pets’ Legal Status
The loss of thousands of pets to the hurricane encouraged lawmakers to rethink society’s responsibility to animals
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A 13th-Century Sword Is Giving Historians a Headache
The sword’s inscription is an 800-year-old mystery
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Scientists Have Been Talking About Greenhouse Gases for 191 Years
The first explorations of the greenhouse effect began in 1824
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Why Primatologists Love Collecting Poop
There’s intel inside monkey feces — in the form of DNA
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