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Scientists Are Actually Talking About Building Giant Space Lasers to Control the Weather

This is what happens when you refuse to do things the easy way

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New Jersey Will Test Solar-Powered Commuting Pods Straight Out of the Future

The new form of transportation looks like it came here from the future

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Women Now Outnumber Adolescent Boys in the Gamer Community

Smartphones likely explain the sudden spike in the number of female gamers

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Elephant Poachers Also Targeting Vultures

Vultures are being targeted by elephant poachers in Africa

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Someone, Somewhere Is Still Emitting A Whole Load of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals

Emissions of carbon tetrachrloride are still 30% of peak emissions

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How British Soldiers’ Gear Has Changed Over the Last 1,000 Years

Photographer Thom Atkinson traces the evolution of wooden spears to sniper rifles

How do you want to behave today?

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Give Someone a Virtual Avatar and They Adopt Stereotype Behavior

People behave differently depending on the appearance of their digital avatar

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People in the Stone Age Were Fans of Escargot

A new study pushes back the date of land snails being consumed in the Mediterranean

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Tuberculosis Probably Hitched A Ride To America on Seals

A new study finds that TB is not only younger than we thought, but it also spread in weird ways

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Geckos Can Control the Movement of Their Toe Hairs

Geckos take advantage of van der Waals forces to run across ceilings, but a simple shift allows them to drop to the ground

Working under LED lighting in a tomato greenhouse in the Netherlands

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Scientists Are Hacking Tomatoes To Make Them Keep Growing All Night Long

Geneticists are working to circumvent the tomato’s circadian rhythm

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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