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Why Environmentalists Should Keep Quiet About Geoengineering
If it seems like there’s a technological fix, people lose interest in helping
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High-tech Chopsticks Developed To Combat Food Safety Issues In China
Could utensils be a way to keep consumers safe?
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Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence
The CDC’s latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever
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Rare, Red Mammoth Hair Found on Californian Artichoke Farm
Columbian mammoths roamed Western North America thousands of years ago, and now we have a better idea of what they looked like
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The World Has a Whopping 117 Million Lakes—For Now
A new survey catalogs the world’s (steadily disappearing) lakes
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Once Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn; Now It’s Left With a Genetically Boring Monocrop
This lack of diversity does not bode well for food sustainability and economics in light of climate change
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500 Years’ Worth of Book Illustrations Have Just Been Liberated From Print
The internet’s about to get a wealth of illustrations from more than two million books
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In the Marathon du Medoc, Run 26.2 Miles—While Stopping to Drink Wine Along the Way
Like running? Like wine? Why not combine the two?
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Turns Out We Live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster
Add another line to your celestial address: Astronomers just found out we live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster
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“Unschooled” Kids Do Just Fine in College
Children used to self-directed learning and intellectual freedom can handle the strictures of college
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Meet Dreadnought, Largest Dinosaur In The World
Dreadnought is the largest dinosaur in the world to be scientifically described
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Home-Cooked Meals Are a Burden on Women
Cash- and time-strapped moms often feel pressured to cook meals for unappreciative kids and men
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Lego Is the Biggest Toy Company in the World
Lego overtook Mattel this year to become the world’s most-profitable toy company
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Contribute to an Asteroid Time Capsule
NASA wants to know what your predictions are for the future of Solar System exploration
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Nine Different Households, Surrounded by a Week’s Worth Garbage
Photographer Gregg Segal wanted to highlight the problems of waste, pollution and overconsumption
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Restoration Of Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid May Be Harming it
Efforts to save the Pyramid of Djoser could be making things worse
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More Evidence That Arctic Warming Is Behind the Weak Polar Vortex
Scientists lay out how melting sea ice may destabilize the Arctic atmospheric circulation
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This Project Wants to Compost People After They Die
A Seattle-based designer aims to introduce a sustainable way of disposing of bodies
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Some Cell Phone Towers Don’t Just Relay Your Call, They Listen In
The surprisingly affordable way to spy on someone’s phone
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The Brain Will Go to Amazing, Sometimes Scary Lengths to Preserve Its Self-Constructed Narrative
Your life narrative gives meaning to chaos
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