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Extreme Loneliness Can Be Deadly for Older People

People who suffer from loneliness were almost twice as likely to die over a six year study period than others

A painting by one of Darwin's children, found on the back of one of the manuscript pages of "On the Origin of Species."

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See the Doodles Darwin’s Children Made in His “On the Origin of Species” Manuscript

While Darwin contemplated speciation and evolution, his kids envisioned battling vegetables and tropical birds

All the dead trees.

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A Pro-Paper Lobby Is Fighting Against Digitization

In the last five years, demand for paper has dropped five percent each year

Thor und die Midgardsschlange. A scene from Ragnarök, the final battle between Thor and Jörmungandr.

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The Vikings' Apocalypse Is Coming Up

According to old Norse mythology, we’re 100 days into the end of the world

A kiwi emerges.

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Watch a Kiwi Chick Hatching

A kiwi’s egg weighs about 15 percent of the female’s body weight

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Hamburg Plans to Become Car-Free By 2034

But should there really be zero cars?

Madame Leon Clapisson, Renoir, 1883

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Scientists Revitalize the Reds in Renoir’s Faded Painting

Paint fades over time, but scientific analysis can help reconstruct the original

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Facebook Can See When Your Flirting Turns Into Something More Serious

Facebook exchanges increase in the build up to a new relationship

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xkcd's "Frequency" Will Make You Feel How Fast the Earth Is Moving

How long do you need to watch to see a magnitude 4 earthquake?

Cancelled Flights

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This Winter's Record Number of Plane Cancellations Can't Entirely Be Blamed on Weather

This has been the worst winter for flight cancellations on record

The introduction of cows changed the diet of ancient Britons

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6,000 Years Ago, the Trendiest Food in Ancient Britain Was Dairy

New research shows that ancient Britons started cooking with dairy soon after livestock was introduced to the isles

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Walk Across Lake Superior's Frozen Surface to These Insane Ice Formations

Sea caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are usually only accessible by boat

A mosquito of the genus Anopheles.

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Nazi Scientists Wanted to Use Mosquitoes to Send Diseases Behind Enemy Lines

The Nazi SS ran an entomological research facility

Either way, they definitely didn't have indoor plumbing.

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We Know Dinosaurs Pooped, But Did They Pee Too?

Researchers are trying to figure out whether dinosaurs combined feces and urine or not

Teotihuacan ruins in Mexico.

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Ancient Cities Developed in a Surprisingly Similar Way to Modern Ones

The same mathematical equations that describe patterns of modern urban sprawl are equally suited to explaining the development of ancient cities

The British Guiana 1-cent stamp

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The World’s Most Valuable Stamp Is Expect to Sell for More than $10 Million

There's only one of these stamps left in existence

Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson's Family Home Opens in Columbia

Woodrow Wilson’s boyhood home in Columbia, South Carolina is having it’s grand opening on Saturday, February 15

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The Cat Parasite That Causes Toxoplasmosis Is Turning Up in Beluga Whales

Native Inuits who eat Beluga whales risk infection if the meat is not thoroughly disinfected by cooking

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Here’s What Sochi Looks Like from the ISS

In some ways, they have the best view of anybody this year - no stray dogs, or double toilets, just beautiful lights and an interrupted stream

Wisdom the Albatross with her newest chick.

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Wisdom the Albatross, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Yet Another Baby

Wisdom is 63, and this is thought to be her 35th-or-so chick

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