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Google Is Documenting the World’s Street Art
The Street Art Project already includes some 4,000 images of street art, some of which no longer exist
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The Snowy, Barren Arctic Actually Contains a Sophisticated Network of Inuit Trails
Compiled from accounts over the past 200 years, a new atlas documents a network of trails stretching across the Arctic
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Are Your Sniffles Really the Flu? This Box Can Tell You
No, it’s not a tricorder, but this new diagnosis technology is a step in that direction
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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins
Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine
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Here’s What Actually Happens During an Execution by Molten Gold
It’s probably not the gold itself that kills you, but rather the steam
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Beetles Have Destroyed 38,000 Square Miles of Forest
As part of this year’s farm bill, the United States Forest Service will try to rehabilitate beetle-infested forests
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Ikea’s trying to find out how we live, and started by telling us about our mornings
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Rats’ brain patterns and behaviors support the hypothesis that they can reflect on certain wrong choices
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Were Ancient Humans Built for Boxing?
Males may have bigger bones and stronger jaws to better withstand getting hit in the face
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These Researchers Put a Camera on a Polar Bear
In case you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a polar bear
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In Maya Lin’s New Exhibition, a Singing Ring Contains the Sounds of Endangered Worlds
The Sound Ring represents places as diverse as California forests and the Indian Ocean
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The Army Is Testing a Belt That Can Guide Soldiers Through the Dark
The belt could have applications beyond the military from helping blind persons to tourism
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The Newest Fashion for Archaeologists: Wearable Submarines That Allow Them to Explore Shipwrecks
The device looks like an astronauts spacesuit and will allow researchers an unprecedented amount of time on the seafloor
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Stressed Nurses Dehumanize Patients to Cope, Says New Research
Italian study analyzes what it takes for nurses to remain committed to their job
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What Would the Planet That Smashed Into Earth and Created the Moon Have Been Like?
Scientists announced that they have found traces of Theia in moon rocks
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China Is Tearing Down Mountains to Build Cities
Land creation projects are proceeding apace without scientific research to back them up
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Here Are the Five Best Ways to Fight Climate Change, Ranked by Scientists
Given their “feasibility, cost-effectiveness, risk, public acceptance, governability and ethics,” these are the best ways to fight global warming
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This Cologne Makes Cows Smell Like Humans, So Mosquitos Bite Them Instead of Us
California company receives Gates Foundation grant to explore a unique kind of pest control
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Spiders Get Information From the Vibrations of Their Webs
Depending on the frequency, a vibrating thread of silk can tell a spider if it needs to repair its home or go collect a snared snack
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Statistics Say That Brazil Will Probably Win the World Cup
Analyzing players’ transfer values to calculate a team’s overall market value, however, predicts that Spain will win
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