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Chances Are Your Supermarket Tomatoes Were Picked By Mexican Workers Living in Terrible Conditions
An investigation reveals practices in Mexican farm labor camps that resemble slavery
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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine
The British Medical Journal’s holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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In the Past 40 Years, 105 City Neighborhoods Gentrified; 2,000 Slipped Further Into Poverty
America’s Move Toward Concentrated Poverty
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Scientists Finally Figure Out the “Big Bang” of Bird Evolution
The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
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Backpackers Walk Across a Completely Clear Frozen Lake
A cool video raises the question: Why is most ice cloudy?
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More Americans Are Pro-Gun Than Pro-Gun Control
Americans prioritize gun rights over gun control for the first time in at least 20 years
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Superbugs Could Become a Top Cause of Death by 2050
If left unchecked, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people than cancer by 2050
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Conserving Tigers Could Hurt Leopards
When one predator returns, another can be displaced
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The Plan to Save Louisiana’s Coast Is a ‘Moon Shot’
The plan involves moving silt from upstream down into the delta—but no one knows if there’s actually enough
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By Absorbing Smells From Its Food, This Fish Gets Scent Camouflage
The harlequin filefish is a master of camoufalge
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You’ve Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These
Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made
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Typhoons Saved 13th Century Japan From Invasion
Geologic evidence supports historic accounts of the great “Kamikaze” of 1274 and 1281
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A Volcano on Cape Verde Is Wiping Out Whole Towns
An eruption at the Pico do Fogo volcano has forced 1,200 people to evacuate
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Online Students Give Better Reviews to Professors They Think Are Male
Even if the teachers were actually women, if the students thought they were men, the bias stuck
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Curiosity Rover’s Mars Crater May Have Cradled Large Lakes
Signs of water on Mars aren’t new, but now scientists think water may have been there for a long time
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TGI Fridays Has Dispatched Mistletoe-Carrying Drones in Restaurants
There’s already been one collision between drone and human
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These Adorable Robot Toys Teach Kids How to Code
The two bots using a basic visual language, and they are just one way to introduce children to computer programming
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Most Vegetarians Lapse After Only a Year
The vast majority of vegetarians return to eating meat
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The First Piece of Code Written by an American President
The President participated in an introductory coding workshop as part of Computer Science Education Week
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