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Television Channel for Dogs to Launch in August
DogTV, "the first and only 24/7 television channel scientifically developed and tested for dogs," is a 24-hour channel that will debut on August 1st
Dogs Have Terrible Eyesight: See for Yourself
Red--green color blind and with awful, awful vision. Life for a dog is kind of a blurry mess
Worldwide, One Out of Four People Paid a Bribe Last Year
While 9 out of 10 people in the survey say they want to act against corruption, many also reported that they had to pay bribes to get simple services
You’re Not Supposed to Mine the Grand Canyon, So Why Are These Miners Digging Up Uranium?
There are four mines still turning out ore near the Grand Canyon
Crayola Has At Least 16 Different Names For What Most of Us Would Call ‘Orange’
Crayola is the master of colors. Sort of. In fact, what they're actually the master of is color naming, and renaming
Bystanders Intervene in One-Third of Bar Room Brawls
If you're at a bar and somebody starts a fight, what do you do? Root them on? Step in? Join the fight?
First Arrest Caught on Google Glass
Google won't be changing anything in response to the video, but they do say they're talking to lawmakers about the implications of recording everything
This Butterfly Metamorphosis Film Was Shot With an iPhone Camera
The morphing of a butterfly into a caterpillar has fascinated humans since we discovered the curious strategy
Today in 1948, the U.S. Air Force Accepted Its First Female Member
The first recruit to the Women in the Air Force (known as WAF) was Esther Blake who enlisted on the first day it was even possible for women to do so
2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000 Was Originally a Female
Who knows, perhaps if HAL had been a lady, we'd all be scared of disembodied female voices and Siri would be a man's voice
You Get Slow As You Get Older—But Catching a Ruler Is Always Hard
Something as simple as catching a falling ruler triggers a complex process behind the scenes
Wander Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley With Street View
The Diagon Alley set from Harry Potter has been added to Google Street View
This Super Weird-Looking Bike Might Break the Speed Record
It has to be pushed to start and caught when he stops to not fall over but this strange fish-shaped bike might be able to beat the speed record
The Bikini’s Inventor Guessed How Much It Would Horrify the Public
The modern bikini, named after Bikini Atoll where the atomic bomb was tested, was first unleashed on the world more than 75 years ago
Barbie Gets a Real-World Makeover
Artist Nickolay Lamm created a 3D doll-sized model of a healthy, average 19-year-old American woman, then made her up like Barbie
How to Survive a Lion Attack
If you're managed to get yourself into a person vs lion situation, you probably don't know what to do about it. Thankfully, the internet is here for you
If Women Assume Fake Names, They Do Better on Math Tests
Assuming a false name helped women perform better on math tests
Buttercup the One-Legged Duck No Longer Has to Hobble
Buttercup's adorable plight, which concluded on Sunday when engineers successfully outfitted the duck with a 3D printed duck foot
Mars’ Tiny-Looking Moon Is Slowly Crash-Landing on the Planet
Mars' moon Phobos may look small in the sky, but it won't for long
Woman Builds a Prosthetic Leg Out of Legos
Vanity prosthetic legs aren't new - but this is probably the first one built out of LEGOS
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