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Jay Savsani describes his early success with MealSharing.com, a website that connects tourists with locals offering a free meal
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Coal mine methane could soon transform from problematic waste to valuable fuel
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This life history pattern likely evolved as a way for the female whales to ensure their genetic mark in the world does indeed get passed on
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If things don't change, one official fears that Japan "might eventually perish into extinction"
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Scientists have identified a milk protein called Tenascin C that binds to HIV and prevents it from injecting its DNA into human cells
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A greened potato indicates the presence of a toxin that can cause gastrointestinal distress, induce coma or even death within 24 hours of consumption
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Not all your tissue ages at the same rate, according to new research on systems to identify and age human cells
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A video demonstration by the Aeromobil may have you thinking it's best to stay grounded for now
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Back when America was small, Australia was "New Holland," and big chunks of the world seemingly didn't exist
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Careful, there's homework
Part clam, part muppet, this is a great fish
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As part of National Design Week, National Design award winners celebrated their achievements with a gala held October 17
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There are pumpkin spice air fresheners, M&Ms, tortialla chips, whiskey, candles and beer
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The violin of Wallace Hartley, a member of the on-board orchestra, is up for auction
The Matterhorn is one of the highest peaks in the alps, and claimed the lives of 500 men before the first was able to reach the top
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In the past few years the price of water rose 23%, and water utilities are taking on crushing debt to keep up
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They all take an average of about 21 seconds to empty their bladders, nearly regardless of how big they are
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A recently discovered "Yeti corpse" was likely nothing more than a poor polar bear who many years ago found itself at the wrong end of a spear or a sword
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"Invisible" solar cells may soon turn smartphone displays into battery-assisting solar panels
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More than 30 years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, trials of the group's genocidal leaders are inching closer to a verdict
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