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Are these cylinders round or square?

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Check Out the Best Illusions of 2016

Baffle your brain with these contest-winning mind-benders

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Google's Self-Driving Cars Are Learning to Recognize Cyclists’ Hand Signals

Cyclists, meet the nicest car you’ll ever share the road with

Your hoverboard may look cool, but chances are it's been recalled.

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More Than Half a Million Hoverboards Were Just Recalled

Sorry, McFly

Tankard made in Westerwald, German , found along with lots of tanning debris in a privy associated with a small house on an alley that probably be longed to tanner.

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Tens of Thousands of Artifacts Have Been Found in Colonial Philadelphia Toilets

Archaeologists excavating the site of the Museum of the American Revolution found a dozen privy pits full of pottery, printing supplies and animal bones

The historical flag of Prague's Jewish community.

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How Did the Six-Pointed Star Become Associated With Judaism?

The connection between the two goes back centuries

In recent years, enough Arctic ice has melted to clear parts of the Northwest Passage for shipping traffic.

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Melting Arctic Ice Might Mean Faster Internet for Some

The dwindling ice has an unexpected benefit: more underwater cables

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This Is What Jupiter Sounds Like

Listen as Juno bursts into the gas giant’s magnetosphere

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Why the Humble Sweet Potato Won the World Food Prize

Researchers are helping to fight malnutrion and childhood blindness in Africa with new varieties of starchy, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes

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Four Explosive Advancements for Future Fireworks

From color to sound, the next-gen fireworks are sure to wow

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Transgender People Can Now Serve Openly in the U.S. Military

One of the last restrictions on who can serve in the military has been removed

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Researcher Unearths a Trove of New Shakespeare Documents

Archival papers show the Bard was interested in improving his social status

Photograph of the megalithic cluster of Carregal do Sal, one of the passage graves in Portugal that may have doubled as an ancient telescope.

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These Ancient Tombs May Have Been Both Grave and Observatory

The best view of the heavens could be from within the tomb

What could be more relatable than a president and first lady in bed?

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These Artifacts Show the Best—And Worst—of American Election Ephemera

From trash to political treasure

Think twice before digging in.

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The FDA Just Declared War on Cookie Dough

Goodbye sweet spoons, hello food safety

An unnamed Pullman porter works at Chicago's Union Station in 1943.

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Five Things to Know About Pullman Porters

As the oldest Pullman porters die, it's time to reflect on the proud legacy of these African-American workers

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Climate Change Could Devastate Penguin Populations by Century's End

Loss of ice and rising sea temperatures could impact 60 percent of the Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica

Ultraviolet images overlying a photo of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

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Catch the Solar System’s Best Light Show With New Images of Jupiter’s Auroras

Jupiter’s Auroras Are the Best Light Show in the Solar System

A side scan sonar image of the Royal Albert at the bottom of Lake Ontario.

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19th-Century Sunken Schooner Uncovered in Lake Ontario

It’s the only two-masted ship known to have sunk in the area

One of the most stunning features of Taiwan's Lukang Longshan Temple is its extravagant wood caisson ceiling.

Experience the Secrets of a Threatened Taiwanese Temple

New 3D reconstructions make it possible to look inside Lukang Longshan

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This Pass Might Help Get More Toddlers Into New York City’s Museums

The Cool Culture pass helps low-income families introduce their children to cultural institutions

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