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Switzerland Votes to Phase Out Nuclear Power
The nation plans to decommission its five nuclear plants and invest in renewables
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Now You Too Can Own a Piece of Space History
The engraver who inscribed Carl Sagan’s and Frank Drake’s 1973 message to extraterrestrials is now taking orders
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Chasing Waterfalls? Head to Yosemite
Don’t stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to—recent snowmelt is fueling spectacular falls
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Piece of the Meteorite That Struck a Woman Sells for More Than Its Weight in Gold
About the size of a dime, the fraction of the space rock fetched $7,500 at auction
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More Than 300,000 Unaccompanied Children Migrated Alone in 2015 and 2016
A new report details the risks faced by minors who flee their home countries
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First-Ever Federal Transgender Hate Crime Sentence Handed Down
Mercedes Williamson’s killer was prosecuted in the absence of a Mississippi state law protecting trans people against hate crimes
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The MP3 Format is Music History’s Latest Casualty
The Institute that licenses MP3 tech recently stopped, but the format that began the digital music era may live on indefinitely
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What Is Bears Ears National Monument?
The Department of Interior will make a recommendation about the land’s fate in early June
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Spain’s Parliament Votes to Exhume a Dead Dictator
Franco’s reign of terror is over—but Spaniards are still making sense of his legacy
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Ebola Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo
A single death has been confirmed—now public health officials must keep an outbreak from becoming an epidemic
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Massive Royal Atlas Gets Digitized
The magnificent Klencke Atlas is now available online courtesy of the British Library
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Witness the Document that Set the Trail of Tears in Motion
The Indian Removal Act is on display at the National Archives through June 14
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Hear a 20-Year-Old John F. Kennedy Speak
Archivist have recently digitized a clip from a 1937 public speaking course, believed to be the oldest recording of the president
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American Journalists Used Nazi-Provided Photos During World War II
A new report reveals more details about the Associated Press’ secret deal with the Third Reich
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Google Maps Glitch Sends Tourists to the Wrong Norwegian Town
Preikestolen is not in Fossmork
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Pricey Graphing Calculators Could Be Headed for Extinction
Major testing companies are adopting embedded web calculators instead of freestanding devices
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Minnesota Town Gets Veterans Memorial Covered With Satanic Imagery
It’s America’s first satanic monument on public grounds
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Thousands of Bodies Rest Under the University of Mississippi Medical Center Campus
The University hopes to remove the bodies and build a memorial and laboratory to study the former insane asylum patients
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British Parliament Ditches Parchment for Paper
But the debate between traditionalists and modernists isn’t over
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A Beach Disappeared in Ireland 33 Years Ago—Now It’s Back
Dooagh Beach is sandy once more
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