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Mesopotamian Irrigation May Have Helped Out a Parasite That Now Infects 200 Million People
A parasite egg found in a grave in the Middle East gives scientists a window into how disease spread in prehistory
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Blame Drug Lord Pablo Escobar for Colombia’s Hippopotamus Problem
Pablo Escobar had hippos in his private zoo, since the 1990s those hippos have been roaming free
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Longer Prison Sentences Make Incarceration More “Contagious”
When people receive prison sentences about 17 months or longer, their peers become significantly more likely to be locked up
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Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot
Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot
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How Did “Mana,” An Austronesian Religious Idea, Become a Gaming Staple?
Anthropologist Alex Golub tracks the path of mana, from ancient Taiwan to fantasy gaming culture
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See Exactly Where Air Quality in America Has Gotten Better
New maps from NASA show where air quality has gotten better over time
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Ukraine Just Signed the Trade Deal That Was at the Heart of Its Revolutionary Uproar
When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a EU trade deal, he sparked protests. His successor just signed it.
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Neanderthals Ate Their Vegetables
Traces of feces found in Spain show that neanderthals ate their vegetables
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This Rover Drives Under Ice And Could Explore Extraterrestrial Oceans
By driving on the underside of ice, this device can explore difficult-to-access waters on Earth, and possibly beyond.
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There Have Been 418 Major Drone Crashes Since 2001, Many of Them in the United States
Even the military is having drone problems
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Libraries Are Going to Start Lending Out Internet Hotspots
Libraries in New York and Chicago are planning to start lending out Wi-Fi hotspots to people who don’t have internet access at home
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Vancouver city council decided that the land still belongs to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people
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Taft might not have really gotten stuck in a bathtub, but he did seem to have a fondness for them
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Rush For “Himalayan Viagra” Leads to Clashes, Deaths
Demand for a medicinal fungus has led to over-harvesting of the substance in the Himalayas, as well as clashes and deaths.
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This 4,500-Year-Old Food From Iraq Was Found in a Cabinet in England
Spring cleaning got very interesting for researchers when they found remains of a Mesopotamian tomb offering in a cupboard
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In a Blizzard, You Can Watch How Wind Turbines Move the Air
It’s pretty cool to see the patterns turbines create in the wind. But it could also help design better blades.
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Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was
A new excavation is looking into the location of the famous colony
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This Is the Sound of Harley’s Electric Motor Bike
It’s quieter than it’s combustion counterparts, but the new, distinctive sound is something Harley-Davidson hopes its fans will like
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5 Diseases You Can Get From Being Bitten—By A Human
As Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suárez demonstrated yesterday, sometimes people bite others. Here are five diseases you can get from human chomps.
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