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Heavy drinking can change the brain to make cravings worse. Can gene therapy change it back?
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A dive into the science shows it is possible to override the system
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Something fishy this way comes
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The 2016 Young Scientist Challenge winner modeled her energy harvester after a tree
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Unlike Jurassic Park's lizard-like creatures, real raptors had feathers and looked a lot more like their closest relatives -- birds
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
From Masons to Santería priests, photographer Nicola Lo Calzo offers a glimpse into the island's many subcultures
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Some breweries are slowing production, as the trend may be fizzling
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The visual biographer of Marie and Pierre Curie turns to her next subject, weather, lightning and climate change
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Before it was a popular tourist attraction, the Tower of London was, well, just about everything else
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Through interviews with his descendants, one biographer sees the family man behind the infamous gangster
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Portia spiders, known for their remarkable intelligence, have some of the most astonishing hunting skills in the arthropod community
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From PhDs to 4th graders, something for everyone
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A mathematician dives into taffy-pulling patents to achieve optimum confection creation
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Co-founder Rob Falken found a way to turn algae into a foam that can be used in sneaker soles and on surfboards
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Churchill knew he needed a very public military success to boost morale back home
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The diversity of hops reflects a diversity of tastes and traditions that are part of an extraordinary evolution in beer
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You asked, we answered
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My card is now a historical museum artifact, but I’ll never give up my dream to fly to the Moon
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Locals already use the trees for food, fuel and building materials. Now they're burning them to make lime clay
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These men risked their lives for the U.S. military. Now many would like to come to America but are stranded — and in danger
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