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Watch 32 Years of Our Changing Planet Unfold With Google Timelapse
A satellite-eye’s-view of growing cities and climate change
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Women Won’t Register for the Draft After All
They’re gaining parity within the U.S. military—but women won’t yet be required to register for compulsory service in case of war
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Five Things to Know About the Case That Made Burning the Flag Legal
It’s a grand old flag—here’s why the right to burn it was affirmed in 1989
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In Its Final Hurrah, Cassini Will Swoop Past Saturn’s Rings
The craft will take one last look at the ringed planet before diving into its depths
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Why Xenophobia Is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year
The word derived from Greek roots captured the zeitgeist of 2016
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A Century-Old Boston Christmas Tree Tradition Costs Canadians Big Money
Turns out that Boston’s city Christmas tree is a very valuable gift
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New Doping Tests Are Turning Past Runners-Up Into Olympic Medalists
Over 75 medal winners from the 2008 and 2012 games have been busted for doping, scrambling the Olympic record books
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Head Transplant Patient Will Use Virtual Reality to Smooth Transition to New Body
The controversial surgical procedure is currently scheduled for next year
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Adopt a Piece of Space Junk and Learn About Its Dangers
An amusing project about a very real problem
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Police Spray Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters With Water and Tear Gas in Freezing Temperatures
Latest clash comes over access to a barricaded bridge
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Florida Officials Will Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Zika
The Florida Keys are the latest front on the war against the virus
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The Newest National Landmark Is Chock-Full of Dinosaur History
The West Bijou Site is home to a snapshot of the dinosaurs’ extinction
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Why a Congressional Commission Wants a National Women’s History Museum
Will the American Museum of Women’s History ever become reality?
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One of Rome’s Most Famous Sculptures Has Been Vandalized
Bernini’s “Elephant and Obelisk” is missing part of its tusk
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Why the U.S. Government Brought Nazi Scientists to America After World War II
As the war came to a close, the U.S. government was itching to get ahold of the German wartime technology
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The Colosseum Waits on Funding for Critical Repairs in the Fight Over Rome’s Subway System
Caretakers fear the row over the metro’s overspending could endanger the ancient arena
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ISIS Has Destroyed a Nearly 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Ziggurat
The ziggurat of Nimrud was the ancient city’s central temple
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Five Things to Know About Gwen Ifill
The late, great reporter turned curiosity into a career that changed journalism
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New Underpass Helps New Zealand Penguins Cross Busy Road
The blue penguin colony in Oamaru can now cross between their nesting area and the ocean without dodging traffic
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