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Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure Could Help Reduce Traffic

People are more likely to carpool if they think their peers are doing it too

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Culinary Diplomacy: Why Governments Are Starting Food Trends

Promoting your country's food is becoming a trendy tactic for nations looking to raise their profile (and tourist revenue)

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Vatican Science Academy Urges Government Action on Climate Change to Protect Poor

Pope Francis will issue proclamation in wake of recent summit

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How "Operation Mummy’s Curse" is Helping Fight Terrorism

Selling illicit relics is the third most profitable wing of the black market, after drugs and weapons

This 133-foot long wooden steamer, the Rising Sun, is in 6 to 12 feet of water just north of Pyramid Point, where she stranded on October 29, 1917. All 32 people on board were saved.

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In 2015, Lake Michigan Was So Clear Its Shipwrecks Were Visible From the Air

A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wrecks in shallow waters that are only clear after the lake's ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms

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Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones

A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent

The rubble of Dharahara Tower, which was once the tallest building in Nepal.

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Nepal Struggles With the Loss of Lives, Cultural Treasures After Earthquake

Historic sites were damaged and destroyed in the 7.8 quake

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) with prey, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Hawk Found in Vancouver “Wins” Most Polluted Bird in the World Award

The "flameproof" bird's liver was full of flame retardant chemicals

An unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / drone used for aerial surveillance is flying in the air.

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SOS! The FAA Gives the Go-Ahead for Emergency Rescue Company to Use Drones

A Maine-based search and rescue company is the first of its kind to win FAA approval to experiment with drones

A giant rice rat specimen from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France

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How Settlers Wiped Out the Caribbean’s Rodents of Unusual Size

The eradication of rice rats in the Lesser Antilles was part of a massive mammal extinction event

The Hubble Space Telescope

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The Hubble Space Telescope Has Been In Space for 25 Years, Here's What it Has Seen

The telescope has sent back some real beauties

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How a Piano Dropped from a Helicopter Paved the Way For Woodstock

The Piano Drop set the stage for the outdoor rock festival

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The Mystery of Colorado’s “Book Tosser” Has Been Solved

The litterbug blames Amazon, arthritis for his habit of illegally discarding books

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An Imagined Catalogue of Self-Assembling Furniture

The furniture of the future will put itself together

The moon during a lunar eclipse

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Japan Plans a Trip to the Moon by 2018

The lander will use information from Japan’s moon-orbiting satellite to stick the landing

Light micrograph of a two-celled human zygote (the earliest stages of the embryo)

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Gene Editing in Human Embryos Ignites Controversy

Chinese researchers have published the results of using a new gene-editing tool on human embryos

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Scientists Clash Over Stegosaurus Sexing

A new paper is causing controversy with claims that dinosaurs’ sex can be determined by their bones

Illustration of a Greek vase shows Dionysus leading three revelers toward likely hangovers

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Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure

Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts

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Watch A Dangerous Yet Lovely Volcano Erupt in Chile

Calbuco volcano springs to life after more than 40 years of dormancy

A new record comes off the press machine at the GZ Media factory in Lodenice, Czech Republic in 2013

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Vinyl Presses Struggle to Keep up with the Resurgent Demand for Records

Only a handful of pressing plants can make records in the U.S. and their machinery is finicky

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