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The Arctic is burning stronger and more often, but what the future holds is still up in the air
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A Google Earth add-on helps you understand the strength of the world's nuclear arsenal
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A piece of news that might keep you out of the water: researchers recently found antibiotic resistant bacteria
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Most researchers agree, however, that there will be species winners and losers as a result of future climate change
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One researcher has quantified the most controversial Wikipedia entires of all time in ten different languages
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Bacon therapy might sound like an awesome thing. It is not
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Facing a strong public disapproval, Monsanto gave up trying to grow genetically modified crops in Europe
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Not so much the dream of the far future, agricultural robots are nearly ready for prime time
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Paintball gun-wielding researchers have used this Rambo-like approach to reduce some patches on invasive plants by 80 percent
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Here it is: Earth, as seen from Saturn
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The lagoon is so blue it attracts visitors from all over. The problem is that the lagoon is incredibly toxic.
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The latest Brooklyn outbreaks originated from someone contracting the disease abroad, carrying it home and spreading it to unvaccinated persons
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A large, fortified building was found outside Jerusalem. Some archaeologists claim it to be the palace of the biblical King David
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Censoring had no impact on the number of eating disorder inspired blogs, but it did change the makeup of those blogs
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Researchers are testing a cap so cold that it numbs the scalp during chemo to keep the hair from falling out
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The Star Wars set is about to be buried, but in the mean time it's helping scientists do real research
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Many credit Thomas with breaking the glass ceiling for women in journalism
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Pioneering cinematographer Gottfried Wilhelm “Billy” Bitzer shot this silent film about a year after the subway's first line opened.
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In 1952, he was convicted of "gross indecency"—a crime used at the time to punish homosexuals—and chemically castrated.
Nicotine interferes with alcohol's ability to produce a surge of pleasurable, stress-reducing dopamine in our brain, increasing our desire to keep drinking
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