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They have come to our country from all over the world, brought here in the bowels of ships, in the cargo holds of planes, even on the bottoms of our shoes
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There are plenty of deserving women who never got so much as a nod.
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Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now
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Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds
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An American ecologist travels through the Bolivian forest to answer burning questions about the spice
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Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer
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Wolves, hibernating animals, spitting cobras and more
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In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce
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Yes, you read that headline right. Video games, specifically first-person shooter games, train your brain and help you see better
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A select group of adventurers climb the world’s tallest trees to learn more about the wildlife that lives on the highest branches
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