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ISIS Is Cutting Off Water to Uncooperative Villages
In parched Syria and Iraq, water is a weapon
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Columbus Day Is Now Indigenous People’s Day in Seattle And Minneapolis
Some cities seek to change the second Monday in October to a more politically correct, inclusive holiday
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What Will It Take For Someone to Run A Marathon in Under Two Hours?
Course design, genetics, training and luck all have a hand in this game
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The Park Service Wants to Cull 900 of Yellowstone’s 4,900 Buffalo
The Park Service will be killing bison that stray from the park
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Ukrainian Protesters Are Auctioning Off the Nose of a Massive Lenin Statue
Lenin’s ears are also, reportedly, up for grabs
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The Aral Sea Is Pretty Much Gone
The fourth largest lake in the world is less than a tenth of its former size
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35,000 Walruses Are Crowding Onto One Alaskan Beach
Some animals have already been killed on the beach, most likely by stampedes
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Japan’s Mount Ontake Erupted Suddenly Over the Weekend
36 hikers are feared dead; because of toxic gas, rescue operations have been suspended
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Anyone Can Make Up Their Own Weird Or Random Holiday
Case in point: Today is International Coffee Day as well as National Poisoned Blackberries Day
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Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks
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The USDA Approved a New GM Crop to Deal With Problems Created by the Old GM Crops
Weeds became resistant to the herbicide partner of older genetically modified crops
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Water Vapor Found on Small, Cloudless, Hot Planet
NASA announced yesterday that water vapor had been detected on exoplanet HAT-P-11b
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Wolf Hunting Made Illegal Again in Wyoming
A federal judge called the state’s management plan inadequate, though wolf numbers and genetics are still strong
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India’s Space Agency Made It to Mars on the First Try
India’s Mangalyaan orbiter dropped into orbit around Mars last night
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Norway Is Paying Liberia To Stop Deforestation
Norway is promising Liberia $150 million to stop cutting down trees by 2020
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Canada and Australia Don’t Want To Play Along With U.N. Climate Summit
Political leaders from Canada and Australia, along with a few others, are skipping the U.N. climate summit today
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Meet the Teen Winners of Google’s Science Fair
A flying fruit fly-inspired robot and a bacterial solution for world hunger are among the three winners
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Mars Just Got a New Robotic Explorer
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter dropped into orbit last night
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There’s a Black Market in Africa for Ebola Survivors’ Blood
Using survivors’ blood is an unproven treatment option
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