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Black mambas' toxicity turns out to have applications other than rodent-killing
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A new stamp collection pulls together beautiful top-down views of the Earth
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Walter Cronkite is widely referred to as the world's first anchorman. But a man named John Cameron Swayze might have beat him to the punch
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Mosquitoes have figured us out and have started biting during the daytime
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Now, you can zoom around this huge, detailed map of the ancient world labeled with cities from all sorts of archaeological records, classical text references and European imagery
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Organized criminal syndicates are responsible for most illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 percent of timber traded globally
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A super-computer simulation calculates what happens when two black holes merge
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L.A. is transforming foreclosed homes into much-needed urban green spaces
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The private broadcaster laid out their plan to start naming blizzards
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Aleppo, the site of an ancient UNESCO-listed souk in Syria, went up in flames on Sunday as clashes between troops and rebels infiltrated the market quarter.
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You're probably not surprised to find that there's some interesting math behind all of Google's information crunching
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Her photos are modeled after walks through the park or moments on the street that she experiences through sound and smell
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This is probably the world's first prosthetic—a wooden toe that dates back to before 600 BC
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A long-running experiment has found that more carbon dioxide does not necessarily mean more plant growth
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Sit back and enjoy the stunning wildlife of northern Sumatra
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The 3D printing gun idea has taken off, but Stratasys, the company who's printers are being used, isn't happy about it. They want their printers back
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A recent study had auto experts look at the fronts of cars, the same area of the brain involved in facial recognition was activated
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Climate change could lead to a sizable drop in fish sizes in coming decades
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