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Kumquat-Eating Crocodilians: Crocs And Gators Love Their Fruits and Veggies
Grapes and berries, fruit and veggies--crocodiles and alligators eat more than meat
It’s a Bear-Eat-Bear World Out There, Literally
Hikers were startled when they came across a grizzly eating a black bear
Zombie Pigeons Are Invading Moscow
In humans, the offending disease produces mild sniffles and flu-like symptoms, not an undead stupor or craving for flesh
Back From the Dead: Mothballed Telescope to Hunt for Killer Asteroids
Following the scare from the Russian meteor, an asteroid hunting telescope is brought back online
Blind People Can Still Identify Race (And Be Racist)
People's idea of race has far less to do with what people look like, and far more to do with what society teaches us about what people are like
The Last of the Watergate Tapes Show Just How Weasely Nixon Was
Nixon's public declarations and his private communications were a bundle of contradictions
Watch This Sinkhole Swallow a Chunk of Louisiana Bayou Whole
The hole has been name the Bayou Corne Sinkhole, and has already forced the evacuation of 300 nearby residents, lest they also be swallowed into the swamp
This Astronomer Recreated Starry Night with Hubble Space Photos
Alex Parker used the top 100 images from the Hubble Space telescope to create his rendition of Starry Night
LinkedIn Has a Pitch for Teens: Create a Profile You Actually Want to Show Colleges
LinkedIn's grand scheme is to modernize the college application process, but first it has to convince teens to sign up for an account
Queen Guitarist Brian May Explains Exactly How Bohemian Rhapsody Was Made
Hear, piece-by-piece, how one of the greatest rock songs was put together
China Will Stop Harvesting Organs From Prisoners in November
China is the last to give up the practice, one that human rights organizations and the World Health Organization have been pushing against for years
Chemists Determine the Perfect Way to Melt Cheese on Toast
The answer comes from a collaboration between the Royal Society of Chemistry and the British Cheese Board
This Map, With a Dot for Every American, Shows the Country’s Racial Divisions
With one dot for every person, color-coded by race, this map shows the distribution of Americans
What Happens to the Internet When Google Goes Down?
For five minutes on Friday, Google.com went down. While it was down the internet saw a 40% drop in traffic
Iranian Schools May Soon Teach “Drone Hunting”
The details of the new high school curriculum remain elusive, but the plan was likely inspired by the drones being deployed to the Middle East these days
Here’s an Incredible Image of Venus Passing in Front of the Sun
The tiny black dot on the top lefthand side is Venus.
Watch How America’s Lands Changed From Forests to Fields
"Arthromes" are like biomes, but they acknowledge humanity's influence
183 Children Died in a Stampede for Toys in 1883
Victoria Hall had at least one good outcome: the invention of outward opening emergency exits and the invention of the "push bar" emergency door
Before Robots, Japan Had Tiny Dolls That Tumbled Down Stairs And Served Tea
Automata paved the way for the creepy, lifelike robots we see today
Crashed Costa Concordia Is Still Sitting in the Water in Italy
It's been 19 months since the crash, but the ship is still in the water
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