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Library patrons will soon be able to check out ukuleles in libraries across Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Libraries Will Let You Check Out a Ukulele

Read, strum, repeat

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Grab Your Fork and Travel Back in Time With These Old USDA Dietary Guidelines

Wheels, pyramids and plates—dietary recommendations have come a long way in the last century

This monitor lizard is definitely not thinking of eating poisonous toads.

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Scientists Trained Monitor Lizards Not to Chow Down on Poisonous Toads

And they did it by feeding them smaller and less-poisonous toads

Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark is the resting place of Hans Christian Andersen. Now, it will mark the home for the city's homeless, as well.

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Copenhagen Has a Cemetery for Homeless People

But proper burials for indigent individuals remain few and far between

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What Should People Do With Food Waste? Make Beer

Craft beers are getting creative

Entrepreneur Michael Bohmeyer wants to see if a universal basic income program can increase creativity among participants.

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Through This New Crowdfunding Site, a Lucky Few Can Make a Living Just by ... Living

Participants make around $1,100 a month—just for being alive

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France Has a Power Plant Fueled by Cheese

Of course they do

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This Pen Can Draw Electrical Circuits

A silver salt based ink lets users draw any circuit they can dream

The back shell of NASA’s InSight spacecraft being lowered onto the lander, last July, in preparation for the mission.

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Here's Why NASA Had to Postpone a 2016 Mission to Mars

A leak in a key instrument on board the InSight lander means the team will have to wait for the next launch window in 2018

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Oysters Could Save Staten Island From the Next Hurricane Sandy

A living breakwater could prevent future flooding while cleaning polluted waters

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This Hearing Test Can Be Taken Over the Phone

Though it doesn't replace a visit to a doctor, researchers hope it will persuade more people to seek help

An illustration of a prosthetic hand.

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Sensors Designed for Prosthetic Hands Could Lead to New Textile Standards

Haptic sensors might help figure out if thread count really matters

This architectural drawing shows the VOID that will soon take over suburban Salt Lake City.

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Utah Will Soon Have an Imaginary Theme Park

In 2016, virtual reality fanatics will step into a VR "VOID"

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Rainbow Collars Could Help Keep Cats From Wiping Out Birds

This colorful trick may stop Fluffy from murdering local songbirds

On the last day of the climate conference in Paris, thousands of people gathered to demonstrate for global climate justice and against climate change.

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Four Things to Know About the Paris Climate Deal

The strengths and limitations of the roadmap for fighting climate change

Old browsers: the bowl cuts of the internet.

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These Old-School Internet Browsers Are Like Real-Life Time Machines

A new tool lets you experience the glory—and embarrassment—of the internet of yore

NASA astronauts Scott Kelly (left) and Terry Virts (right) work on a day’s task on board the International Space Station

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How Much Space Do Astronauts Need?

The answer could help design spacecraft for one day taking people on the months-long trip to Mars

The branching routes to Rome, as visualized by a design team

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The Many Roads That Lead to Rome, Visualized

Caveat: not all cities named Rome are in Italy

The "Great Garuda" seawall will be shaped like Indonesia's national symbol—a mythical, birdlike creature.

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Jakarta Is Building a Gigantic Bird-Shaped Seawall

But will the Great Garuda project be enough to save a sinking city?

Robot, baby. Baby, robot.

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New Robots Could Learn Like Children

A research team is teaching artificial minds to imitate and innovate like kids do during play

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