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Retailers are mining personal data to learn everything about you so they can help you help yourself to their products.
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Principles from the weather models that predicted Sandy a week ahead of time might be used to warn about the flu before it arrives
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A set of partial jaws hold an important place in the history of South American paleontology, but what sort of dinosaur do they represent?
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Gigantspinosaurus had enormous shoulder spikes, but what were these ornaments used for?
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A hominid that lived in Europe more than a million years ago might have given rise to Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, some anthropologists say
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Beavers On Parachutes
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Stegosaurus is immediately recognizable for its prominent plates, but why did these structures actually evolve?
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The system uses surgically implanted electrodes so that a blind person can "see" the letters
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Everyone knows that birds are dinosaurs, but what kind of dinosaur is your holiday turkey?
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Another study debunks the idea that the lunar cycle triggers mental instability
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Were extra-thick hides the secret to why paleontologists have found so much fossilized hadrosaur skin?
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In a new book, the editors of Cook's Illustrated share some secrets to preparing the perfect holiday feast
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When did dinosaurs start to become giants? Enigmatic bone fragments found in England complicate the debate
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Scientists say the hormone ghrelin can drive us to eat high-calorie foods like desserts, even on a full stomach
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Sure, it can get aggravating, but here are some innovations that are making it easier and more enjoyable to take a trip
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You’ve never been so interested in being bored
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A new study indicates that, like humans, these great apes go through a nadir of happiness in middle age
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Though not as famous as other huge dinosaurs, Futalognkosaurus is the most complete giant sauropod ever found
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Fossil finds from Tanzania in the mid-20th century kicked off East African hominid hunting
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Only if utility companies are able to make their power grids smart enough to spot outages and "heal" themselves
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