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Detroit’s Dumps Are Slowly Being Reclaimed By Nature
Some illegal dumping grounds in Detroit are being repopulated by hardy plants
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This Website Wants to Make Your Major Life Decisions for You
The site could help people who just want their decisions validated or who honestly have no idea what to do with themselves
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A High-Tech, Strength-Boosting Exoskeleton Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy
The next generation of exoskeletons may be less bulky than Iron Man
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A 24-Year-Old Woman Just Discovered She’s Had a Hole in Her Brain Her Entire Life
This rare care demonstrates just how incredibly adaptive the human brain is
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The International Space Station Is Getting Its Own 3-D Printer
Researchers are hoping their 3-D printer will work in microgravity
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This Is How the Internet Reacted to Two Planes Crashing Into the WTC on 9/11/01
The Metafilter page discussing 9/11 is still online
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Delay-Plagued Virgin Galactic Finds Itself Delayed, Again
It will be hard for Virgin Galactic to fly by 2015 without a fully tested rocket engine
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Dog Movies Create Ten-Year Spikes in Breeds’ Popularity
“Lassie” alone led to a 40 percent increase in the number of border collies that families adopted
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Fish Eat Mammals on the Regular
A new study indicates that in some ecosystems, mammals are a fairly normal foodstuff for fish
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Libraries Are Great at Lending All Sorts of Things—Not Just Books
Lending libraries are now lending more than books
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Women Get More Politically Engaged When Their Senator Is Also Female
Women no longer lag far behind men in political savvy when they have a female leader to look toward
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The Social Media Fight Between the U.S. and ISIS Is Weirder Than You’d Imagine
The U.S. has decided to fight propaganda with propaganda
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A vote that could change the direction of Scotland’s future is a little over a week away
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Saturn Is Making (And Destroying) Mini-Moons All The Time
Saturn’s F ring is a little moon factory
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Deadly Chinese Earthquake May Have Been Man-Made
More than 600 people died in the August 3 Yunnan earthquake
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When We’re Lonely, Inanimate Faces Come Alive
Our minds are less particular about the source of comfort when we are craving contact with others
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Sir John Franklin’s Doomed Ship Just Turned Up in the Arctic After 170 Years
The two ships disappeared in 1846 during a British expedition trying to map the Northwest Passage
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Enterovirus 68, a Rare Virus, Is Spreading Among Kids in the U.S.
The CDC reports that patients with the respiratory disease are showing up in hospitals across the country
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Summer Vacation Is Actually About City Kids, Not Farm Kids
If school breaks were really scheduled around farming needs, then kids would be in the classroom during the summer months
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In the Summer, Helsinki’s Buildings Are Cooled by an Underground Lake
Underneath a park in Helsinki, Finland is a lake used to cool buildings in the city
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