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Now mainstream, the hippie food changed vegetarian culture forever in 1982
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A venture capital firm plans to make the World Wide Web available to anyone with a WiFi-enabled device
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To survive the dry season, yellow-bellied sea snakes severely dehydrate until the wet season brings freshwater for them to lap up from the ocean's surface
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Scientists detect the signature of gravitational waves generated in the first moments of the Big Bang
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The stout's success stems from a long history of colonial export and locally driven marketing campaigns
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Sonic engineer Trevor Cox is on a mission to find the planet's most interesting sounds
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Readers capture the spirit of Paris in beautiful photos submitted to our annual photo contest
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A researcher says a certain strain of gut bacteria can enhance brain power—but some critics aren't sold
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From writing haunts to favorite bars, follow the ex-pat author's steps through Paris
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A new device claims to give cues when a person enters REM sleep
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Chef Cathal Armstrong talks to us about his debut cookbook and offers up recipes that show Ireland's evolving cuisine
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It wasn't just people, animals and trees that were affected by radiation exposure at Chernobyl, but also the decomposers: insects, microbes, and fungi
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A new interactive map tells you exactly how far you live from a nuclear reactor
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The vaunted big data project falls victim to periodic tweaks in Google's own search algorithms
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Lactose tolerance spread throughout Africa along human pastoral migration routes, say scientists
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Two San Francisco designers find inspiration in a surprising place and learn that sometimes form follows fast food
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This collection of early 20th-century fashion plates reveal how women used their wardrobe for empowerment
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Conservationists are looking to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for help in keeping an eye on endangered species
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Languages spoken in North America and Siberia are distantly related. What does that tell us about the first Americans?
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In London's old, abandoned bomb shelters, a local food movement is taking root
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