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How to Predict If Your Baby Name Idea Is Too Trendy
A statistical analysis tries to predict how names’ popularity will change over coming decades
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Fewer Honeybees Died Last Year, But Not Enough to Save Them
If losses continue at the same rate, honey bees in the U.S. won’t survive on the long term
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The Tropics are Moving, And They’re Bringing Their Cyclones With Them
Over the past 30 years hurricanes have been hitting their peak intensities nearer to the poles
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Fujitsu is Growing the Most Technologically Advanced Lettuce Ever
This gives a whole new meaning to factory farm
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In the Victorian Era, Doctors Prescribed Beards to Help Keep Men Healthy
The mid-19th century beard boom was motivated, in part, by health concerns
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America Maybe Depends a Little Too Much on Russia to Get to Space
The situation in Ukraine is affecting the International Space Station
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Even Tiny Amounts of Radioactive Food Made Caterpillars Become Abnormal Butterflies
Even a tiny amount of radioactive food can turn caterpillars into mutated butterflies
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Coral Reefs Absorb 97 Percent of the Energy From Waves Headed Toward Shore
This finding applies to reefs around the world
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What in the World (Or Off of It) Is a Yardang?
They’re on Mars, they’re beautiful and they have nothing to do with pirates
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China Is Thinking About Building a Train to the U.S.
Chinese engineers are discussing a new high speed rail line from China to the US
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The Whale That Didn’t End Up Exploding Is Being Chopped Up and Shipped Across the Country
Dismantling a blue whale, piece by piece
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Giant Sperm Cells Belonging to 17 Million Year Old Shrimp Are the Oldest Ever Found
The sperm were longer than the male shrimp’s entire body
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This Farmer Grew Four Times As Much Rice in the Same Amount of Land
His controversial farming method has long been dismissed by experts
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Small, Quiet Drones Let Conservationists Peek Inside Bird’s Nests
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is using remote-controlled drones to monitor nests of endangered species
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Staying Near Home Becomes the Norm For Millennials
With finances tight and jobs scarce, hometowns are looking very attractive
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Wreckage of Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria Found off Haitian Coast (Maybe)
The Santa Maria ran aground off Haiti in 1492
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How to Make Hitchhiking Safe Again
A new system of background checks could make catching a ride safer and easier
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NASA’s Going to Mars in 2020 And Wants to Bring Back Martian Rocks
The next NASA Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, may be the first step in a sample return mission
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