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Langston Hughes' Harlem brownstone: Cultural remnant or great place for a Starbucks?

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The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification

A new kind of Harlem renaissance is threatening the home of one of America's greatest poets

One of 5,200 wine labels from Maynard Amerine's collection

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Help Crowdsource the History of Wine

The University of California, Davis, is looking for online volunteers to help catalog and describe 5,200 wine labels

"Sturgeon Whisperer" Nick McCabe with his catch, the 650-pound "Pig Nose"

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Canadian Fishermen Caught Fabled 650-Pound, Century-Old Sturgeon

Nicknamed “Pig Nose,” the fish was quickly released back into the wild

New Research

Playing the Bagpipes Can Literally Kill You

Known as “Bagpipe Lung,” the reaction can wreak havoc on your respiratory system

Put down your pencil—convincing computer-generated handwriting is here.

New Research

This Algorithm Lets You “Write” Like the Greats

Your words, their handwriting

The HAARP antenna array

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Calling All Conspiracy Theorists: Alaska's "Mind-Control Lab" Is Hosting an Open House

Depending on who you ask, HAARP can control minds, weather, and even earthquakes

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Hearst Castle Has a Brush With California's Wildfires

Curators were ready to evacuate the Hearst Estate, now a state park and museum full of priceless art, furniture and history

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Coffee Consumption Could Be in Your Genes

A new study shows a genetic variation in caffeine metabolism may lead some to drink a little less joe

Meet Octobot.

New Research

This Robot Is Soft and Squishy Inside and Out—No Wires or Batteries Necessary

"Octobot" uses a deceptively simple fuel source and inspiration from the depths of the sea

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Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time

Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will present tales few outside of academia have read

Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park is one of the parks featured in the virtual reality tours.

Virtual Travel

Explore Some of America's Greatest National Parks in Virtual Reality

The next best thing to celebrating the Centennial in person

An artist's impression of Proxima b

New Research

Astronomers Have Discovered an Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Our Cosmic Backyard

But what would potential life look like on this planetary neighbor?

Publisher Set to Release Exact Replicas of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript

There will be 898 copies made of the coded Voynich Manuscript, which has stumped scholars for over a century

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine protects over 87,000 acres of land.

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Maine Just Got the Nation’s Newest National Monument

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument could one day become a national park

The 75-pound "Pearl of Puerto."

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At 75 Pounds, This Could Be the World's Largest Pearl

The Filipino fisherman found the massive gem over a decade ago and kept it as a good luck charm

Images revealed by scanning the Codex Selden

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Scan Reveals Rare, 500-Year-Old Mesoamerican Manuscript

Hyperspectral imagery reveals hidden Mixtec paintings and glyphs on the 16-foot, deer-hide Codex Selden

From Slavery to Mass Incarceration will be a museum dedicated to the history of racial injustice in America, and will be located just steps from a site where slaves were auctioned off.

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Inside the Upcoming Memorial and Museum Dedicated to Lynching Victims

Spanning slavery to segregation to mass incarceration

Rescuers search for survivors following the earthquake that struck central Italy early this morning.

Journey to the Center of Earth

The Geology Behind Italy’s Catastrophic Quake

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the Apennine Mountains—and given the region’s geology, that’s no surprise

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After Two Years, Lost NASA Spacecraft Phones Home

Using the Deep Space Network, mission control has reestablished contact with the solar observatory STEREO-B

The first photo of Earth from the moon was taken on August 23, 1966.

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Fifty Years Ago, This Photo Captured the First View of Earth From the Moon

And Earth’s view of itself changed forever

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