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Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass
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Today would have been Maria Mitchell's 195th birthday, and if she were still around she'd probably celebrate it by looking at the stars
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When electricity came around, it wasn't immediately seen as a necessity
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments
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In honor of internet activist Aaron Swartz, this artist is trying to print out the entire internet
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What if you could block all that sound out, and listen to the tiniest sounds?
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More than just metadata, the NSA's systems can track 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
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"Nightmare bacteria" are here, and they're more common than we thought
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If we do not curb our greenhouse gas emissions over the next century, 1,700 cities, including New York and Miami, will be "locked in" to an aquatic fate
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Every summer, news reports roll in of people leaving their pets, or even worse, their children, in parked cars. Here's what that feels like
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A huge proportion of archaeological sites have been ransacked
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The original New York creators aren't feeling too threatened given that most of the competition abroad hasn't even sampled the real deal
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How well can you do on this 101-year old quiz for Bullitt County, Kentucky, eighth graders?
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If you find a dinosaur fossil on private land, it's yours to do with as you please
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The Mississippi and Alabama governors say they hope to draw upon knowledge and best practice insights established in Alberta
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The only marker on the coffin lid is a cross, but the person must have been of high social status to warrant such an elaborate burial
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The next step is to figure out how, if at all, the frogs are affected by their chemical loads
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Simplified, visual programming languages make it easy for anyone to write their own code
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One in twelve will stretch their diaper supplies, leaving babies in soiled diapers for longer than they should
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The cutting of the umbilical cord is the only surgery that every human alive has gone through. But when is the right time to cut that cord?
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