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In the U.S., Few Heavy Drinkers Are Actually Alcoholics
About 90 percent of people who drink excessively—more than eight drinks a week for women, 15 for men—are not alcohol dependent
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A Tapeworm Crawled Around In This Man’s Brain for Years
Studying the extracted parasite might help others avoid a similar infestation
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One Idea to Get to Mars: Fill the Walls of a Spaceship With Water
The insulation from radiation would also be drinkable
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How One Crop Allowed Humans to Conquer the Himalaya
Hardy barley enabled us to survive at altitudes that were previously beyond reach
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The Rotational Energy of Black Holes Spits Out Powerful Particle Streams
Researchers are getting closer to answering some heavy questions about how supermassive black holes work
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This New Video of the Earth Is the Best Ever Made
The video was made with images taken by a Russian satellite
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America to Same-Sex Couples: Sure, You Can Have Legal Rights, Just Don’t Kiss in Front of Us
Americans are in favor of granting legal rights like property inheritance to same-sex couples. They aren’t as in favor of public displays of affection.
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How to Fold a World Record-Setting Paper Airplane
The secret lies in the design, but having a football quarterback on hand to throw the plane might help you break records
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How Small Volcanoes May Have Helped Slow Global Warming
Ash reflects heat back into space
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Millennials Are Different, Just Not the Way You Think
Young adults today are more optimistic despite facing more economic strain than the previous two generations
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Now a Person Can Scramble Up a Wall Just Like a Gecko
Or use the same material to catch wayward space trash
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Having a Complicated Job Might Help Protect Memory Later in Life
Regardless of your starting IQ, mental function seems to increase or decrease depending on whether your job was challenging or menial
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Astronauts Nap on the Launchpad While Waiting for a Ride to Space
There’s not much to do while NASA goes through its pre-launch checks
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City-Sized Landslides Happened in the Past And Can Happen Again
Utah has a new claim to fame: it was the site of the world’s largest known landslide
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We’ve Put a Worm’s Mind in a Lego Robot’s Body
A wheeled Lego robot may not look like a worm, but it “thinks” like one after programmers gave it the neuron connections in a C. elegans roundworm
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India Once Released 25,000 Flesh-Eating Turtles Into the Ganges
A plan to clean up corpses failed due to lack of planning
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The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
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This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon
Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface
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300+ Species Just Joined the List of Threatened Plants And Animals
Overfishing, overhunting and habitat loss drove many of the new additions
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This Archaeology Site Is Guarded by 500 Turkish Soldiers
The excavation of a 5,000 year old city on the Turkey-Syrian border continues despite nearby presence of the Islamic State extremists
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