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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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

Even the military is having drone problems

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was

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

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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

You're doing it wrong.

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A Scientist Figured Out the Perfect Way To Cut a Cake—in 1906

A method from 1906 shows the perfect way to cut a cake—if you don’t mind putting rubber bands around your confection

Tea near Yunnan Province, China

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Tourists Now Taking Time to See All The Tea In China

Tea tourism is taking off in China, but in a few different forms

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Pope Calls Out Italy’s Most Powerful Mob, Which You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

The ‘Ndrangheta reportedly made more money than McDonalds last year, but you’ve probably never heard of them

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The Net’s Dark Side: Watch People Try to Hack Each Other, Live

A honeypot network tracks global hacking attempts in real time

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The Most Abundant Mineral in the World Finally Gets a Name

It’s so far underground, you’ve probably never heard of it

Amelia Earhart and her plane

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Another Amelia Earhart Is Trying to Fly Around the World

Amelia Earhart (no relation to Amelia Earhart) is trying to follow in her namesake’s flight path

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These Nice, Safe Bike Lanes Will Make You Want to Jump on a Bike

Protected intersections already exist in the Netherlands. Could they ever come to the States?

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Guys: Trying to Attract a Mate by Posing With Captive Tigers Is Not Cool

Some women estimate that up to one in ten men on Tinder have a profile picture featuring a big cat

Agave plants blooming in Mexico

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80-Year-Old Agave Plant About To Bloom

The 25-foot-tall plant is finally ready to bloom after 80 long years

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