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Spend Two Minutes Rooting for a Pill Bug to Roll Back Onto His Feet
You know that feeling where you’re stuck, and you can’t quite get unstuck? So does this pill bug.
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The FAA Ordered This Beer Drone Delivery Service to Cease And Desist
Commercial use of drones is banned—for now
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You Can Ride the Paris Metro for Free Right Now
But if you have a car with an even-numbered license plate, you’re not allowed to drive
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We’re About to Watch As a Supermassive Black Hole Tries to Gobble a Gas Cloud
A huge cloud of dust is on a collision course with the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
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Give Rats THC, And Their Kids’ Brains Look Different
The progeny of rats that were exposed to marijuana show some differences
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Here’s Your Visual Guide to the Conflict in Crimea
An interactive map that shows the current hotspots and points of interest in the political crisis
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How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover
With a few scientific tips, you can maximize your odds of securing a lucky charm this St. Patrick’s Day
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Adidas May Have Finally Made a Sleek, Streamlined Soccer Ball That Players Can Live With
Professional soccer players hate when Adidas redesigns their World Cup balls. How will this new one fly?
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National Parks More Than Pay for Themselves
It turns out there are some very practical reasons to keep the parks going
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Next Stop: Gas Stations In Space
MIT scientists have a new plan for refueling stations in space
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Iditarod Sled Dogs May Be the Best Animal Athletes
These dogs run for about 100 miles a day for eight or nine days straight
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Most of the Vegetables You Eat in Winter Pass Through This One Town
This border town processes between 60 and 70 percent of all winter produce shipped to the United States
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Sounds Can Change the Taste of Our Food As We Eat It
When you taste something, there’s a lot more than your tastebuds at work
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New Deal Lets BP Back Into the Gulf
A deal lets BP bid on new leases in the Gulf, and resume selling oil to the U.S. government
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New York Is Turning Its Leftovers Into Natural Gas, With the Help of Hungry Bacteria
Some cities are taking table scraps and turning them into fuel.
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What’s the Flattest-Looking State in the U.S.?
How things are, and how things look, aren’t always the same thing
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Cookie Monster’s First Name Is Sid, And Other Icon’s “Real” Names
Many fictional characters have full names, even if you never hear them
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Coming Soon, a College Degree in Coffee
The University of California, Davis, has launched a coffee research center, and hopes to offer college degrees in coffee
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One of World’s Ten Albino Redwoods Might Be Cut Down
Preservationists in California, however, are fighting to save the tree
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You Can Make Or Break a First Impression by How You Say “Hello”
Specifically, it’s the tone of your voice that is sending subtle clues about yourself—true or otherwise
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