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Archaeologists Had a Huge Reenactment Party to Verify Ancient Pit Oven

A prehistoric-style barbecue helped feed 200 guests — and prove archaeologists’ hypothetis

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A Single Video Game Character Can Cost Around $80,000 To Make

It takes money to make money.

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Here’s What Our Future World Might Look Like

A warmer planet would favor fast-growing tropical trees and oceans full of algae but a lack of biodiversity

Ice patches that normally persist through the summer are melting in Yellowstone National Park.

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Melting Ice in Yellowstone is Revealing Ancient Artifacts Faster Than Researchers Can Handle

The tools, spears and even baskets from ancient Native Americans are emerging faster than archeologists can collect them

Ariel view of the Port of Galveston in 2008

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An 1830s Steamship From the Texas Navy May Be Buried Near Galveston Harbor

Author Clive Cussler first discovered the wreckage in 1986, now the port’s expansion forces an archeological excavation

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One Japanese Company Makes Half Of The World’s Zippers

How YKK came to dominate pants around the world.

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Here’s How Victorians “Photoshopped” Photos

Early photographers used pencils to touch up photographic plates — and the results look pretty freaky

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Comedy Group Wants To Build a Wall To Keep Burners out of the Bay Area

The ban would apply to people armed with glowsticks and art cars alike.

A Bloody served in a bar, loaded with goodies and with a beer chaser.

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The History of the Bloody Mary Meat Straw

The straw is one potential upgrade to drink known for its penchant for carrying a little extra protein, among other things

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Scientists Invented Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt as Fast

It involves a protein that some bacteria use as a kind of protectant coating

This Japanese toilet takes flushing to another level.

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A Toilet Museum is Opening in Japan

It’s a love story to the lavatory

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These Century-Old Stone “Tsunami Stones” Dot Japan’s Coastline

“Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”

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Some Sexually Transmitted Microbes Might Be Good for You

There’s a whole lot of bacteria and viruses that pass from person to person, using any means they can find

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Marine Biologists Find Rare Nautilus For The First Time In 30 Years

The “Crusty Nautilus” was believed to have gone extinct.

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Here’s Every Nuclear Detonation Ever

Watch all 2,153 nuclear detonations since 1945 in this bleak visualization

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What Does Neuroscience Know About Meditation?

There are still many unknowns, but the practice seems to improves attention and memory

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These Drum Pants Might Help People Who Can’t Speak

An electronic drum kit could give a voice to some people who can’t talk.

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During Prohibition, Vintners Sold “Wine Bricks” Rather Than Wine

Dissolve, ferment, enjoy

New York City, site of the future Climate Museum

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New York City Might Get a Climate Change Museum

The museum will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

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A Woman Just Found a Message in a Bottle From a Century-old Experiment

A German tourist spotted the bottle, which had been intended to measure deep ocean currents

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