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Some Zoo Grass Is Electrified

Some zoo landscaping is designed to keep the animals within their cages, not for them to interact with

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You Can Now Inherit Someone’s Facebook Account

When you die in Delaware, you no longer need to die online.

New Research

Why You Look Like Your Dog

It’s all in the eyes

Longer-lasting birth control measures, like intrauterine devices, are even more effective than the pill when it comes to preventing teen pregnancy

New Research

Give Teens Access to Birth Control and, Amazingly, the Teen Pregnancy Rate Drops

Colorado pins its dropping teen pregnancy rate on improved access to birth control

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Demand for Renewable Energy Is Real

But the industry still has a few hitches to work out—like solar panels burning birds

Humvees stored inside the Frigaard Cave in central Norway

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The Marines Have Equipment Stashed In Norwegian Caves

The Marines are storing tanks and other large equipment in large caves in Norway

New Research

Computer Scientists Hack Michigan Traffic Lights To Show Glaring Security Flaws

Three major weaknesses make traffic lights used in almost all U.S. states prone to attacks

New Research

The 10,000 Hour Rule Is Not Real

The biggest meta-analysis of research to date indicates that practice does not make perfect

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Help NASA Out by Looking at Beautiful Pictures of Space

NASA wants your help identifying astronauts’ photos of the earth

An image taken during field work in the Daan River gorge, Feb. 8, 2010. The large outcrop in the center of the photo disappeared in the space of an hour during a flood in 2012.

New Research

This Gorge Is Living Its Life on Fast-Forward

A quickly carved river gorge may disappear in just a few decades

Warm temperatures are contributing to, among other things, the drought in the western U.S.

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ICYMI: July Was Really, Really Hot

This past July was the fourth hottest on record

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Imagine Living on Mars In One of These Structures

You could call an acropolis, pyramid or beehive home

Yes, that looks very safe

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How You Type Your Password Could Be Its Own Security Measure

Your phone could learn your typing behavior and use that to keep itself safe from intruders

Clouds of ash from the 2011 Grímvötn eruption in Iceland

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One of Iceland’s Volcanoes Is Rumbling

It looks like another one of Iceland’s volcanoes is ready to erupt

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Facebook Users Want Help Distinguishing Satire From Reality

A special label could indicate whether content posted on Facebook is in jest

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Scientists’ Underwater Microphones Monitored By Militaries

NEPTUNE is used for hunting whale songs, but Canada and the US worry it could be used for other purposes

A typical 15th century banquet.

New Research

Before He Died, Richard III Lived Large

Bone chemistry sheds light on the monarch’s shifting diet throughout his brief life

The bottle recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Poland

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200-Year-Old Alcohol Found in Shipwreck Is Still Drinkable

Researchers found the liquid, originally thought to be mineral water, was actually over-aged booze

Chippewa men performing in an annual powwow held near Cass Lake, Minnesota.

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An American Tribe Wants a German Museum to Return Native American Scalps

The German Museums Association says that scalps are not subject to the same ethical guidelines that govern other human remains

Randy Schademann (R), an on scene coordinator with the US Environmental Protection Agency, and contractor Erik Hadwin collect water samples from the Gulf of Mexico off the beach at Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA, 21 June 2010.

New Research

Can We Clean Up the Next Oil Spill With Magnets?

A new technique may help during the next oil spill

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