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Ransom money is dropped near the ship MV Faina in 2009 while the ship was occupied by pirates

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Robot Ships And Pepper Spray—the Latest in Pirate-Fighting Tech

New technology developments are looking to combat piracy and terrorism on the high seas

New Research

Giant Icebergs Used to Ram Up Against Florida

21,000 years ago, icebergs carved up the ocean floor off the Miami coast

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The Science of Why Toothpaste Makes Food Taste Funny

Blame toothpaste’s foaming action

X-ray technology was invented in 1985 by Wilhelm Röntgen. This early image, along with others set to be on the block, were taken just a year later.

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Amazing Artifacts From the History of Science Are Going Up for Auction

Now if only we all had infinite money

Cool Finds

This Comedy Club Charges By the Laugh

In Barcelona, a comedy club is keeping tabs on its patrons’ laughs with facial recognition technology

Photograph of Robert E Lee's Arlington house taken in 1861

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Rare Photo of Robert E. Lee’s Slave Acquired by National Park Service

The photograph of Selina Gray and her children sold on eBay for $700

An artist's conception depicts WASP-43b's orbit around its star.

New Research

Exoplanet Has Winds That Blow at the Speed of Sound

WASP-43b wouldn’t be a great place to live

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Instead of Growing Meat in a Lab, Why Not Make It Out of Plants?

“Plant blood” is the secret behind the I-can’t-believe-it-isn’t-meat company, Impossible Foods

Satellite image of New Zealand

Cool Finds

Here’s One Very Good Reason to Drill Deep Into an Active Fault

Scienctists hope to install instruments at the fault to observe changes in the earth at depth

Cool Finds

Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice at a 35-Year High?

Nobody really knows, but they have some thoughts

Cool Finds

More Americans Speak Arabic at Home Than Italian or Polish

21 percent of Americans speak another language at home

New Research

Bionic Hands Partially Restore Users’ Sense of Touch

The hand’s sensors communicate directly with the wearer’s nerves

Cool Finds

Google Maps an Oasis in the Desert From the Back of a Camel

The desert is not the best place for a Street View car

One of the approximately 14,000 year old coprolites found at Paisley Caves

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Paisley Caves Added to National Register Of Historic Places

One of the earliest sites of evidence for human occupation of North America

In Norway, 12-year-old Thea has become the poster girl for putting an end to child marriage around the world.

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The Fake Story of a Blond Child Bride Made This the Most Visited Blog in Norway

The campaign is meant to increase awareness and also is seeking sponsors of individual girls

Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria sail Past Cape Canaveral in 1992

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Shipwreck Probably Not Santa Maria

Shipwreck found off the coast of Haiti is probably not Santa Maria

CDC director Tom Frieden during a press conference last week announcing Duncan's diagnosis with Ebola.

Trending Today

Thomas Duncan, Dallas’ Ebola Patient, Has Died

The total cost of fighting Ebola could push $32 billion

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People Will Give Away Their Personal Information for an Actual Cookie

I’ll take two oatmeal raisin and a high risk of identity theft

Trending Today

For the First Time Ever, a Woman With a Transplanted Uterus Gave Birth to a Baby

Two more women with transplanted uteruses are due to give birth in the next couple of weeks, too

New Research

Each Day, 50 Percent of America Eats a Sandwich

About 20 percent of our daily sodium intake is delivered between two slices of bread

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