What kid hasn't wanted to make their bicycle fly?
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By altering levels of kynurenic acid in the brain, scientists made marijuana less pleasurable, leading monkeys to voluntarily consume 80 percent less of it
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Take some methane, add lightning and massive pressures, and what do you get? Diamond hail
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For a long time, people didn't believe that children could become depressed, but they certainly can
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In her new book, food historian Abigail Carroll traces the evolution of American eating from colonial times to present-day
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The historical timeline you keep in your head is all messed up
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Armadillos have bony plates, stick bugs evolved camouflage, and the Bahamas mosquitofish evolved a bigger penis
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For many, Chinatowns are an attraction to a city - and many cities boast about their robust cultural neighborhoods
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With a big boost from supercomputers, hospitals are shifting more of their focus to identifying people who need their help staying healthy
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In this series of satellite photographs, see the impact of the massive growth in transportation infrastructure
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India is bracing for what is potentially the strongest hurricane they've ever seen
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Artist Linda Alterwitz uses a camera that detects radiant heat, instead of light, uncovering hidden thermal signatures in everyday scenes
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These traveling libraries used to travel around bringing books to the people
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Samuel Morse was an artist by trade, but to the world he's best known for connecting the dots --and dashes-- that forever changed the way we communicate
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John Glenn, who was a close friend to Carpenter, is now the last surviving astronaut from NASA's Project Mercury, the original space program
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China may have the world's largest population, but the country is not alone in its burial woes
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The skeletons, between 7,500 and 3,500 years old, house DNA that trace waves of migrations from regions across Europe
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Facial recognition is already very much in place in all sorts of ways, from Facebook to surveillance cameras. Perhaps now they'll add body recognition too
It's new, it's deadly, and it fights off our best anti-toxins
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The water was once bound as ice in a small, rocky planet or asteroid that was destroyed 200 million years ago
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