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British Parliament Is Losing its Wigs
They’re itchy, formal—and part of centuries of tradition
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Why Romanians Took to the Streets This Weekend
Up to half a million citizens protested a new decree that would have diminished anti-corruption penalties
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Japan Plans to Make Olympic Medals Out of Electronic Waste
Organizers hope to reclaim gold, silver and copper from the used electronics for the 2020 games
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Scientists Measure Highest Radiation Levels Yet Inside Fukushima’s Damaged Reactors
The latest measurements are over seven times the previously measured high—enough to fry a robot in two hours
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Poland Is Searching For the Last Living Auschwitz Guards
New database lays out details of the SS guards and commanders who carried out some of history’s most terrible crimes
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Museum Displays the Weasel that Brought Down Particle Physics
A stone marten that disrupted the Large Hadron Collider in November goes on display in Rotterdam in an exhibit about human-animal mishaps
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World’s Longest Running Streak Comes to an End
After running a mile a day for 52 years and 39 days, running legend Ron Hill finally took a day off due to heart problems
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Boy Scouts Will Allow Transgender Children to Enroll in Boys-Only Programs
The decision is thanks to an 8 year old
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New Calculations Reposition the Geographical Center of North America
After an 90-year-reign, the title moves from Rugby, North Dakota, to the city of Center, in Oliver County
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Why Croatian Jews Boycotted This Year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
As neo-fascism grows in Croatia, the country is at a crossroads between denial and reality
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Haunting Twitter Account Shares the Fates of the Refugees of the St. Louis
In 1939, Cuba and the United States turned back a ship full of German Jews, 254 of whom were later killed during the Holocaust
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Human-Pig Chimeras Created for the First Time
The hybrid embryos are the first step in interspecies organ transplants
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The LBD Gets an Update With the Debut of the First Dress Made with Graphene
Partially made from the world’s thinnest, strongest material, lights on the dress change color based on the wearer’s breathing rate
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The National Park Service Warns Inauguration-Goers to Keep Off Its Lawn
The National Mall finally recovered from President Obama’s first inauguration, and rangers want to keep it that way
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Historians, Government Officials Clash Over Polish History at New Museum
Trapped between nationalism and documentation, a Polish museum grapples with how to tell its story
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Australian Zoo Calls for Public Help Collecting One of the World’s Deadliest Spiders
With antivenin in short supply and funnel-web spider activity higher than average, Reptile Park needs a hand
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Researchers Finish Separating World’s Largest Celtic Coin Hoard
It took nearly three years to separate the more than 68,000 coins
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Police Recover More Than 3,500 Stolen Artifacts in Europe
Operation Pandora involved 18 nations and pan-European police agencies to recover paintings, coins and artifiacts
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Why Food Experts Are Warning Not to Burn Your Toast
Is it time to bid brown toast farewell?
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American Librarians Just Chose 2017’s Best Books for Children and Young Adults
Meet the 2017 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz award winners
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