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Patients at an internet addiction boot camp in Guangzhou practice gardening.

China Now Has Up to 250 Boot Camps to Cure Teens of Internet Addiction

One of these facilities recently opened in the US, too

British Airways' New Blankets Pick Up On and Display Your Anxiety

The blankets are only in the experimental phase right now, however

Flatten Out the Moons and Planets, And You Can See Just How Big Earth Actually Is

Comparing their surface areas side-by-side gives a sense of scale to some of the solar system's inhabitants

The Colosseum Was a Housing Complex in Medieval Times

Recent archeological digs have found that people lived in the Colosseum during the medieval era

A pool here might be nice

There’s a Secret Pool in the Mojave Desert

Part art project, part public pool, this artificial oasis will take some effort to get to

The Airman's Coin Ceremony during the final week of Air Force Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. After this event, individuals are no longer called a ''trainee.'' They've earned the right to be called ''Airman.'' Many Airman consider this to be one of the most significant events in their career.

More Than Two Thirds of American Youth Aren’t Good Enough for the Military, Says the Military

The military won't accept people prescribed ADHD medications—but that doesn't mean soldiers aren't using Adderall

UNESCO Just Announced the 1000th World Heritage Site

Botswana's lush Okavango Delta claims the slot

Hammer amulets like these have been found across Viking Europe

Small Viking Charms Really Do Represent Thor’s Hammer

Inscription on a small metal charm definitively states 'This is a hammer'

Hippos swim in an artificial lake in a farm in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, December 21, 2006.

Blame Drug Lord Pablo Escobar for Colombia's Hippopotamus Problem

Pablo Escobar had hippos in his private zoo, since the 1990s those hippos have been roaming free

Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot

These mana potions won't actually let you cast fireballs.

How Did "Mana," An Austronesian Religious Idea, Become a Gaming Staple?

Anthropologist Alex Golub tracks the path of mana, from ancient Taiwan to fantasy gaming culture

See Exactly Where Air Quality in America Has Gotten Better

New maps from NASA show where air quality has gotten better over time

Euclid, the Game

This Geometry Game Is Nerdy, Addictive Fun

Bisecting an angle has never been more fun

Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes, Detachment 1 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator unmanned drone aircraft in September 3, 2008.

There Have Been 418 Major Drone Crashes Since 2001, Many of Them in the United States

Even the military is having drone problems

Libraries Are Going to Start Lending Out Internet Hotspots

Libraries in New York and Chicago are planning to start lending out Wi-Fi hotspots to people who don’t have internet access at home

Unattributed photograph of William Howard Taft from 1909

Taft’s Bathtubs Weighed A Ton

Taft might not have really gotten stuck in a bathtub, but he did seem to have a fondness for them

Rush For "Himalayan Viagra" Leads to Clashes, Deaths

Demand for a medicinal fungus has led to over-harvesting of the substance in the Himalayas, as well as clashes and deaths.

4,500 year old Mesopotamian food offerings found in Bristol

This 4,500-Year-Old Food From Iraq Was Found in a Cabinet in England

Spring cleaning got very interesting for researchers when they found remains of a Mesopotamian tomb offering in a cupboard

Plimoth Plantation, a recreation of what the Plymouth colony might have looked like

Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was

A new excavation is looking into the location of the famous colony

This Is the Sound of Harley's Electric Motor Bike

It's quieter than it's combustion counterparts, but the new, distinctive sound is something Harley-Davidson hopes its fans will like

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