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This year's hominid finds illuminate the great diversity and adaptability of our ancient relatives
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Learn about the 2009 official apology to Native Americans, talk with an expert at Air and Space and hear some "post-cool" takes on seasonal classics
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A new report indicates that we have roughly 8 years to cut fossil fuel use without risking catastrophic levels of warming
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This weekend, learn about the health history behind tattoos, watch one man's journey to mark the Dakota War and take in the holidazzle at the Zoo
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The oceans show holiday spirit with a worm on coral reefs that resembles a fluffy fir tree adorned with colored ornaments.
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What were you doing on the web back in the age of Netscape and Gopher?
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Thanks to the successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974, Japan can't get enough KFC on Christmas Day
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Turks and Caicos had one of the world's first, and largest, salt industries
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From the Higgs Boson to the Curiosity rover, 2012 was a major year for science
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From feathers to black market fossil controversies, 2012 was a big year for dinosaurs
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At the 150th and 50th anniversary of two historic moments, the African American History and Culture Museum and American History Museum team up
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What's behind the holiday tradition of hanging hosiery on the fireplace?
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Canadian researchers have created a computer model that performs tasks like a human brain. It also sometimes forgets things
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Was our future to be delightful or depraved? Sort of depends on your perspective
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A new study shows that female mice who smell pheromones in potential mates' urine will constantly return to the site of exposure even weeks later
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Original designs from artists over the years to celebrate the holidays
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Born two hours apart starting at midnight, Dec. 13, the cubs and mother, Billie Jean are all doing fine
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Aspiring makers are now finding ways to manufacture their designs in American factories
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Recently unveiled dinosaur sculptures are frustrating eyesores to some and tourist attractions to others
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Learn about the contemporary artist's use of historic objects, why the world didn't end and just what's so special about Stradivari in concert
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