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In Mexico, parasitic corn fungus makes for a great tortilla filling.

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Five Parasitic Species People Love to Eat

From tapeworms to lampreys, some people don’t mind eating the bloodsuckers

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Michelangelo’s David Has Weak Ankles

The iconic statue may be in danger of collapse

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The Grasshopper Mouse Hunts Scorpions, Turns Scorpion Venom into Painkiller

Evolutionary adaptations let this little mouse hunt scorpions

Two contestants compete in the 2006 International World Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Toronto.

New Research

The Ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissor Strategy

60 percent of the time, it works every time

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Here’s Why There Will Probably Never Be a Hangover Prevention Pill

If it was easily doable, someone would have invented it already

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Maple Syrup Farmers Can Now Vacuum Sap Out of Trees

A new technology helps sugarmakers get every last drop

Santa Barbara Church, built in the late 16th century.

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Mompox Does Exist: A Town Captured by Garcia Marquez Isn’t Just a Dream

Once a center of commerce, Mompox is now an isolated city in Colombia

Activists in Denmark protest outside the American Embassy in Kbenhavn.

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The FISA Court Has Only Denied an NSA Request Once in the Past 5 Years

Only one of 8164 surveillance requests were denied by the court

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On These Book Tours, the Author Acts as a Tour Guide

Authors are literally bringing their readers along for the journey, by leading tours of places their books are set

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These Cold War Satellite Images Revealed 10,000 Undiscovered Archaeological Sites

Images of the Middle East from the 1960s showed thousands of archaeological sites—some of which have already been destroyed

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Mosquitoes Kill More Humans Than Human Murderers Do

From a human perspective, this makes them the deadliest animal in the world by far

Testing the jet shoe.

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NASA Made Jet Shoes for Flying Around in Space

Pushing down with your big toe would activate NASA’s 1960s jet boot

The remote Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic is just one of the wilderness sites that will soon have wifi.

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Canada’s Installing High Speed Wifi at Remote National Parks

Wireless internet will no longer be confined to visitor centers at an assortment of trial National Park wilderness sites

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How to Improve Your Vision Without Glasses, Contacts Or Surgery

Knowing a little about the physics of light can help you focus

Monument to Cervantes in Madrid

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Spain Begins to Search for Cervantes’ Bones

Experts use ground-penetrating radar to search for the author’s bones

Not the world's fastest mite, but a related species from the same Family.

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This Obscure Species of Mite Is the Fastest Animal on Earth

The mite just defeated the previous record-holder, the Australian tiger beetle

A photo of the Earth taken from lunar orbit in 1966, recovered by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project. See the full image here

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Engineers Are Rescuing Some of the First Photos Ever Taken from Lunar Orbit

The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project is rebuilding the equipment needed to see these stunning photos

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Women Fought in the Civil War Disguised As Men (And So Do Today’s Re-enactors)

Some women dressed up as their husbands, or even fought alongside them

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How Fast Can You Print Out a Building?

A company in China says it can print out 10 buildings a day

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Some of America’s Nuclear Arsenal Is So Old It Still Runs on 8-Inch Floppies

The technology backing America’s nuclear arsenal is showing its age

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