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The United States Is Declared an Enemy of the Internet by Reporters Without Borders
Usually this list includes countries you might expect: Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea. But this year the United States is on it, too.
Two Men Are Heading to the North Pole, On Foot, As Fast As They Possibly Can
They're attempting to break the speed record for traveling unsupported from Ellesmere Island to the North Pole
Archaeologists Had Forgotten About Nine of the Dead Sea Scrolls
For the past 60 years, these Dead Sea Scrolls had just been sitting around in a storeroom
This Former Salt Mine Is Now a Theme Park With a Ferris Wheel
368 feet below ground, the mine is home to basketball hoops, mini golf, a ferris wheel, an underground lake, a spa and more
Help Transcribe Diaries From World War I
WWI diaries are some of the most requested documents in the National Archives, but until now they've only been available on paper
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.
The FAA Ordered This Beer Drone Delivery Service to Cease And Desist
Commercial use of drones is banned—for now
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?
Next Stop: Gas Stations In Space
MIT scientists have a new plan for refueling stations in space
Iditarod Sled Dogs May Be the Best Animal Athletes
These dogs run for about 100 miles a day for eight or nine days straight
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
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.
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
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
One of World’s Ten Albino Redwoods Might Be Cut Down
Preservationists in California, however, are fighting to save the tree
Ireland's Wild Atlantic West Is the Longest, Uninterrupted Coastal Route in the World
The Wild Atlantic Way skirts the entire west coast of Ireland
More Than 900 Workers Have Already Died Building Qatar’s World Cup Infrastructure
The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don’t improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off
Take a Mini-Tour of the Lenten Station Churches of Rome
During Lent, some Romans make an annual pilgrimage to churches all around the city, visiting one each day
Astronauts Are Really Sick of Houston, And Other Insights Gleaned From Spacefarer’s Diaries
Life in space is amazing and wonderful and beautiful and awesome, but sometimes it's also really, really annoying
Can Your Phone Tell How You’re Feeling by How Your Voice Sounds?
This app is supposed to listen to your voice and tell you how you’re feeling
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