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In 1914, the Mexican rebel signed a contract with an American newsreel company that required him to fight for the cameras. Too good to be true? Not entirely
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Voting experts David Becker and Thad Hall discuss the technologies that could forever change the way we register and cast our votes
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This week, celebrate the British illustrator's 300th anniversary, learn about how insects survive the season and hear from a U-2 pilot
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A look at each candidate's long, long journey that ends at the polling booth
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Viewers got their first look at jetpacks as well as what actually happens on the ground beneath the Jetsons, and while it may not be zombies, it isn't pretty
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At various times, a new study found, the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe
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A pair of spade-toothed whales washed ashore on a beach, the first time the complete body of a member of this species has ever been seen
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A hidden ankylosaur species changes how paleontologists understand the evolution of North America's Late Cretaceous dinosaurs
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The newest book from Christopher Kimball and company pairs good food with good science
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Brain scans suggest Democrats and Republicans actually are different biologically. Welcome to the world of political neuroscience.
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Huge variability in Australopithecus afarensis height may have made it difficult for group members to walk together at the same speed
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Hand-painted signs are making a comeback, but are they the work of artists or "mechanics"?
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A swarm of giant beetles, lovingly sculpted by Washington D.C.-based artist Joan Danziger, descends on the American University Museum
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Meet Lindsay Gasik and Rob Culclasure, who are spending a year of their lives in Southeast Asia feasting on the bizarre fruit
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A bizarre skull fragment hints at a new species of giant predatory dinosaur from Morocco
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A new study shows that justifying paywalls as fair makes readers much more likely to pay for online content
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Is the crippling of New York City enough to motivate other cities to protect themselves against extreme weather?
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Forget buttons and T-shirts. Check out these mini dresses, bell bottoms and digital watches from old campaign trails
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In a funereal setting, food often servers a number of symbolic functions
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Koshik, an Asian elephant at a South Korean zoo, learned to uncannily mimic five Korean words by stuffing his trunk in his mouth
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