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Chocolate Milk Was Invented in Jamaica

As with many things, the European who gets credit for inventing chocolate milk probably did not actually invent it

February 12, 2014

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This Minimalist Travel Guide Gives Detailed Directions for Recreating Kerouac’s On the Road

As mapped out by Google, the trip would take about 272 hours and 15 minutes

February 12, 2014

New Research

Your Brain Now Processes a Smiley Face as a Real Smile

Perhaps eventually we’ll respond to emoji as we would to real dogs, cats and night skies

February 12, 2014

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This Chip Will Self Destruct (If DARPA Can Get It To)

Should a United States computer fall into the wrong hands, the army wants to be able to disintegrate that chip and its information on command

February 12, 2014

New Research

Here’s Where Species Loss From Climate Change Will Probably Be Most Extreme

Impacts to species around the world due to climate change are uncertain, but here’s a data-backed idea of how things will play out

February 12, 2014

New Research

If You Think Climbing a Tree Will Save You From a Crocodile…

Crocodiles can climb trees

February 12, 2014

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Which Sci-Fi Armor Is the Military’s Fancy New Battle Suit Actually Like?

They’re calling it the “Iron Man” suit, but we think there’s a closer analogy

February 12, 2014

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Sri Lanka’s First Expressway Is Making the Country Feel Tiny

The E01 gives this island nation its first taste of the open road

February 12, 2014

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You Can Now Go on Vacation Under the Sea

Your next romantic getaway could be in a submarine or underwater hotels

February 12, 2014

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Send Your Valentine a Secret Message in the Language of Flowers, Updated for Modern Lovers

Certain flowers had well-understood meanings back in Victorian times, and now a London startup is trying to revive floriography for current times

February 11, 2014

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Programmers Across the Country Are Self-Organizing to Protest NSA Surveillance

“The Day We Fight Back” campaign seeks to reform the NSA

February 11, 2014

New Research

This is the Oldest Star We’ve Ever Seen

SM0313 was part of the second wave of star formation

February 11, 2014

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You Could Soon Make Coca-Cola in the Comfort of Your Own Home

How a Keurig Coke pack will work is still under wraps, but Coca-Cola is taking aim at the home-made soda market

February 11, 2014

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Take a Lovely Two-Minute Tour of Antarctica From the Air

A brief helicopter trip around Italy’s Mario Zucchelli Research Station

February 11, 2014

New Research

Here’s Proof the Bible’s Tales Were Tweaked

Biblical figures were riding around on camels thousands of years before camels were domesticated

February 11, 2014

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After Retiring From Film in 1950, Shirley Temple Was the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana And Czechoslovakia

What did Shirley Temple get up to in the 63 years after her retirement from Hollywood?

February 11, 2014

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Archaeologists Uncover New Zealand’s Oldest School

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 200-year-old school in northern New Zealand

February 11, 2014

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Mathematician Calculates 177,147 Ways to Tie a Tie

“I have tried 10 or 20 of them, and most of them to be quite honest look kind of awkward,” he says

February 11, 2014

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Flooding in the UK Causing Travel Nightmares

Last week, the seawall holding up part of a key railway line went down

February 10, 2014

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The Oldest Human Footprints Ever Discovered Outside of Africa Have Already Been Washed Away

Casts and computer images are all that’s of footprints made 900,000 years ago on the British coast

February 10, 2014