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You won't — but you definitely will — want to look down
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Recent articles claiming birth control causes “transgender" fish show how science communication can mislead—even when it relies on facts
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One native Marylander travels to the city he first knew as a kid to meet the doers and dreamers driving Baltimore's next act
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The 2017 RoboCup brings small changes and big competition to a broad technical challenge
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The aristocratic bird's has a legacy as a luxury status symbol that dates back centuries
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Charles Lang Freer gifted this meditative haven for art lovers to the nation and was James McNeill Whistler's friend and patron
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100,000 years ago, giant sloths, wombats and cave hyenas roamed the world. What drove them all extinct?
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The aurora australis is the southern cousin to the northern lights
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Why one California postman's delicious mistake now graces toast and tacos from California to New Zealand
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The nation’s complicated history hinges on three words that explain the totalitarian regime's behavior
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A Connecticut dentist, turned curator of a new exhibition, has long worked to solve the secrets of the whale's characteristic horn
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We’ll toast to that
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America’s favorite processed breakfast was once the pinnacle of healthfulness—and spiritual purity
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When a Texas railway agent came up with a new marketing scheme, he had no idea how explosive it would be
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The park includes a spectacular beach described in sagas that chronicle Viking explorations of the Canadian coast
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One day this mollusc-inspired invention might just save your life
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In light of Shark Week 2017, here are some revelations about the fearsome fish we’ve made in the past year
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Ceja Vineyards breathes new life into Napa Valley’s wine industry
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Take the plunge into some interesting geology
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