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Mexico's elegant terns have begun nesting farther north in years when their traditional food is scarce
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We all know the heart and life lines are two of the most important measures of palmistry. But can you tell which is which?
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
For a new exhibition, a Smithsonian curator conducted oral histories with contemporary indigenous cultures to recover lost Inca traditions
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Artist Melissa McGill creates a luminous public art project above a ruined castle on a mysterious piece of land in the Hudson River
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As the New Horizons probe approaches Pluto, find out what wonders were uncovered by the first spacecraft to zip past other worlds
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Students at Johns Hopkins University have created an at-home brain-stimulating device to ease Parkinson's symptoms
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A lab experiment used a device called a frequency comb to send fiber optic data a record-breaking distance with no signal loss
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The sounds, graphic art and the mestizo lifestyle that goes with the music is the latest revolt of the Peruvian masses
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America is one of the most breathtaking geographical places on Earth. From monuments to mountains and canyons to coastlines, take a speedy aerial tour
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Enter the sport of footgolf, which is exactly what it sounds like
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Two Stanford graduates are the brains behind Joyable, a startup that pairs users with coaches to tackle social challenges
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Summertime humidity—and our own memories—help create the conditions for how we perceive the sharp, fresh odor of a rain storm
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"Diamond Nights" captures the surreal beauty of ancient trees after nightfall
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Hikers Erika and Helmut Simon stumbled upon a frozen body deep in the Ötztal Alps, little did they know it belonged to one of the oldest preserved corpses
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A group of London designers imagines Google Glass-like visors and buses that project outlines of their blind spots on the road
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With magnificent hand carvings, artisans craft stories of celebration and tragedy into dried gourds—a tradition practiced for more than 4,000 years
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The 240-million-year-old "grandfather turtle" may be part of the evolutionary bridge between lizards and shelled reptiles
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Turtles, beavers and eel were once beloved staples of the continental diet. What happened?
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A Portuguese photographer provides a window into, well...windows
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A new project funded by a Knight Cities grant has local barbers and landscape contractors working to revitalize vacant spaces
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