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In a Blizzard, You Can Watch How Wind Turbines Move the Air

It's pretty cool to see the patterns turbines create in the wind. But it could also help design better blades.

Plimoth Plantation, a recreation of what the Plymouth colony might have looked like

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Archaeologists Are Trying To Figure Out Exactly Where Plymouth Was

A new excavation is looking into the location of the famous colony

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This Is the Sound of Harley's Electric Motor Bike

It's quieter than it's combustion counterparts, but the new, distinctive sound is something Harley-Davidson hopes its fans will like

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5 Diseases You Can Get From Being Bitten—By A Human

As Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suárez demonstrated yesterday, sometimes people bite others. Here are five diseases you can get from human chomps.

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Big Antennas from the 1940s Are, Legally, the Same As Teeny Tiny Antennas in the 2010s

The fate of TV service start-up Aereo mirrors that of early cable companies

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Morning People May Act Less Ethically at Night

Early birds become less ethical late at night, and night owls are more likely to be dishonest early in the morning, a study shows.

You're doing it wrong.

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A Scientist Figured Out the Perfect Way To Cut a Cake—in 1906

A method from 1906 shows the perfect way to cut a cake—if you don't mind putting rubber bands around your confection

The software can spot people with these disorders: (A) Angelman, (B) Apert, (C) Cornelia de Lange, (D) Down, (E) Fragile X, (F) Progeria, (G) Treacher-Collins, (H) Williams-Beuren.

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This Software Can Spot Rare Genetic Disorders Just by Looking at a Person's Face

New software can spot genetic disorders like Down's syndrome by analyzing photographs of faces

Tea near Yunnan Province, China

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Tourists Now Taking Time to See All The Tea In China

Tea tourism is taking off in China, but in a few different forms

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The Curiosity Rover Just Turned One Martian Year Old

Mars years are longer than Earth years

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Pope Calls Out Italy's Most Powerful Mob, Which You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The 'Ndrangheta reportedly made more money than McDonalds last year, but you've probably never heard of them

Damage from the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake.

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Since 1900, There Have Been Six Earthquakes Greater Than Magnitude 8 in Alaska

Alaska is no stranger to huge earthquakes

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Fish Exposed to Oil From BP Gulf Spill Swim Half as Fast

This is the second study in several months suggesting that the BP Deepwater Horizon spill has had lasting harmful effects on fish

Grand Canyon National Park

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Drones Are Now Banned From All National Parks

Drones are now prohibited in all national parks, not just Yosemite

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Half the Natural Gas Extracted in America Now Comes from Shale

Shale gas is growing in importance faster than anyone expected

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The Federal Government Now Has an Official Save-the-Bees Task Force

Unfortunately, it's not a task force made of bees, but it does have bee welfare in mind

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The Net’s Dark Side: Watch People Try to Hack Each Other, Live

A honeypot network tracks global hacking attempts in real time

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The Most Abundant Mineral in the World Finally Gets a Name

It's so far underground, you've probably never heard of it

Amelia Earhart and her plane

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Another Amelia Earhart Is Trying to Fly Around the World

Amelia Earhart (no relation to Amelia Earhart) is trying to follow in her namesake's flight path

Floodwaters gushing through a dam on the Yellow River.

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Humans Have Been Messing With China's Yellow River for 3,000 Years

When humans try to tame nature things rarely go according to plan

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