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Native Australians, 1939

Ancient Australia’s First Settlers Probably Came There On Purpose

Rather some chance encounter with the continent down under, researchers think that the original migrants set out to deliberately colonize Australia

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Ancient Maya Were Cultural Sponges

Rather than the Maya influencing the Olmec or vice versus, similarities between their cultures represent a general shift in ancient Mesoamerica

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Russia’s Cold War Plan to Reverse the Ocean and Melt the Arctic

A giant dam across the Pacific could re-route ocean currents and melt the Arctic, and the Soviets wanted to try

How Do You Say ‘Star Wars’ In Navajo?

The Navajo Nation teamed up with Lucasfilm to translate the classic space opera

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Almost All That Remains of This Woman, Perhaps the First Queen of Windsor, Is Her Jewelry

Though her clothes long since decomposed and her bones are almost completely decayed, her lavish jewelry remains behind, giving hints to her identity

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Playing Video Games Can Cure Your Lazy Eye

A special version of Tetris can help adults with a lazy eye see

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The ‘FlipperBot’ Is Almost as Cute as the Baby Sea Turtles It Mimics

This bio-inspired robot could help conserve and restore beaches as well as teach us about how our ancient aquatic ancestors evolved to walk on land

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This Is the New, Non-QWERTY Keyboard You Will Use to Compose Your Thumb-Powered Opus

A new keyboard layout could fix two-thumb typing

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This Is How the New Bird Flu Could Get to You

If H7N9 learns to transmit from person to person, here is how it could spread around the world

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Oxford Principal Nixes Student Plan to Have Live Shark at Ball

The tipoff that it would appear at all came from a poster for the ball that simply says, in large white letters, "Ginglymostoma cirratum (you should really go look that up)"

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NYC Kids May Have to Wait Until They’re 21 to Buy Cigarettes

New York City is tightening its campaign to rid the metropolis of its most significant cause of preventable deaths

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Prisoners Have Some Ingenious Ideas on How to Make the Most of Tiny Apartments

In Italy, prisoners teamed up with designers to re-imagine the cell

Chili Peppers Do To Your Skin What Migraines Do To Your Brain

Researchers are working on new medication to prevent migraines

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As Tigers Dwindle, Poachers Turn to Lions for ‘Medicinal’ Bones

Because wildlife managers are overwhelmed by the rhino horn poaching epidemic, investigations into missing lions will likely take second place

Can Cloning Giant Redwoods Save the Planet?

Redwoods are mighty trees, but would planting more of them help combat climate change?

Animal Rights Activists Make Off With One Hundred Mutant Mice

Animal rights activists ruined years of important research on diseases such as autism and schizophrenia

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Should the Higgs Boson Be Renamed to Credit More Scientists?

Peter Higgs didn't discover the elusive speck on his own, and now some are wondering whether it should be renamed to honor some of the other scientists too

Math Prodigy Shakuntala Devi, ‘The Human Computer,’ Dies at 83

In 1977, Devi faced off against a computer in a speed calculation race. She won twice

Artificial Brains May Be the Best Way to Control Electricity

Researchers attempted to put the brain - or at least its cells - to the task of intelligently managing the country's future power supply

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There’s Now a Girl Scout Badge for Computer Game Design

Girl Scouts might be best known for their yearly cookie sale, but the organization is making strides to bring their girls into the tech world

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