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This Electric Bus Can Charge in 15 Seconds

A new method for charging buses is an attractive alternative to having unsightly wires strung across the street

Sure it's a lot of fun, if you don't like your fingernails.

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Spending Too Much Time in Space Basically Sets You Up for Type 2 Diabetes

Being an astronaut is not a healthy lifestyle choice

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President Obama Could Create the World's Largest Marine Sanctuary

The protected zone would make a large area in the Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing and other environmentally harmful human activities

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Double Tornadoes Aren't Particularly Rare, But Yesterday's Was Remarkable

Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you'd think

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Here's an Idea for Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Free Pregnancy Tests in Bars

The tests are meant to catch unexpected pregnancies early on and to discourage pregnant women from drinking

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Introverts In Demand for Mars Missions

People who need lots of social stimulation might not be the best fit for long-term missions

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Cities With Bike Shares Have Fewer Bike-Related Injuries Overall

A higher proportion of bike-related injuries are head-related injuries—but these cities have fewer head injuries, too

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There Are Only So Many Ways Animals Can Poison You (Not That That's Reassuring)

They say that knowledge is power, but we're certainly not feeling any safer

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Tweaking the Banana’s Genome Could Save the Lives of Thousands of Children in Uganda

But not everyone agrees that GMO crops should be used to solve food and nutrition problems

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When Did We Start Calling ‘Football’ ‘Soccer’?

"Soccer" isn't an Americanism at all—it's a British word

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"WildLeaks" Is Like WikiLeaks for Poaching—And It's Working to Stop Wildlife Crime

The site has received more than twenty tips so far, including about elephant and tiger poachings

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Giant Moths Have Descended on Malaysia, And No One Knows Why

Giant moths are making a mass appearance in Southeast Asia

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How to Actually Remember What You Read: Print a Newspaper of Internet Articles

Now instead of just saving online articles to read later, you can create your own newspaper

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When Homo Sapiens Began to Emerge, Herpes Was Already Waiting

Herpes first evolved in chimpanzees before colonizing the cells of Homo erectus

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When Fire Ants Build Rafts, There Are No Free Loaders

When fire ants form floating balls, not a single leg or antennae goes to waste

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This Ten Year Old Has Already Graduated From High School in California

Words like "prodigy" and "genius" are often used to describe pre-teen Tanishq Abraham

Mexican emigrants crossing the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas.

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At Least 47,000 Children Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since October

And tens of thousands more are expected to cross before the year's out

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New Road To Machu Picchu Discovered

The nearly-mile-long road was built over 500 years ago by the Inca, and appears to be intact

A woman raises a knife and shouts slogans against then Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Brotherhood during a march against sexual harassment and violence against women in Cairo, February 6, 2013.

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In Egypt, 99 Percent of Women Have Been Sexually Harassed

The government recently moved to criminalize sexual harassment

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Goats Evicted In Detroit

An attempt at urban farming runs afoul of city ordinances in Detroit

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